Category: History - American
The Compiler offers these notes to the inhabitants of his native town, in the hope that they may be in some small degree useful and entertaining in discussions relating to the history and rights of this thriving place. He claims no merit for this performance, and neither does...
April 18, 1746. In General Assembly. The bill entitled, an act to repeal an act therein mentioned, so far as it relates to the freeholders and inhabitants of the township of Bro...
7. Part 7On the 22d of March, 1823, there were 54 persons in the Alms-house; 51 persons were admitted during the year ending March 30, 1824. During the same period, 34 were discharged, a...
4. Part 4“Towne meeting held this 7th day of February, 1701-2, by order of Hendrick Vechten, Justice.--The Justice Hendrick Vechten, brings in that the towns men were nott well authorise...
5. Part 5“Whereas you are chosen and appointed an Overseer for the Towne of Breucklen you doe sweare by the Ever-living God, that you will faithfully and diligently discharge the trust r...
2. Part 2_L. S._ “Thomas Dongan, Lieutenant Governor, and Vice Admiral of New-York, and its dependencies under his Majesty James the Second, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, Fr...
8. Part 8May it please your Excellency your peticoner being fined five pounds last Court of Sessions, in Kings County for tearing an execucon directed to him as Constable. Your peticoner...
6. Part 6On the 7th of September, 1660, a letter was written to the Rev. Mr. Polhemus, informing him of the installation of the Rev. Mr. Solinus in the Church of Brooklyn, and thanking h...
1. Part 1The Compiler offers these notes to the inhabitants of his native town, in the hope that they may be in some small degree useful and entertaining in discussions relating to the h...
9. Part 9[5] This “port or entrance,” as it is called, is situate in the valley on the Flatbush Turnpike, near the “Brush” or “Valley Tavern,” and a short distance beyond the 3 mile post...