A home geography of New York city . n and in its place astreet was laid out. The streets were lighted at night for the firsttime. On every seventh house there was a lantern hung on a not this seem a very strange way to light the streets ? On New Years Day, in 1673, the first regular mail in the Englishcolonies started from New York to Boston. Each first Monday ofthe month he sets out from New York and is to return within themonth from Boston to us again, wrote the governor to a friend. The postman rode on horseback along the old Dutch postroad from Bowling Green to Harlem river. He t
A home geography of New York city . n and in its place astreet was laid out. The streets were lighted at night for the firsttime. On every seventh house there was a lantern hung on a not this seem a very strange way to light the streets ? On New Years Day, in 1673, the first regular mail in the Englishcolonies started from New York to Boston. Each first Monday ofthe month he sets out from New York and is to return within themonth from Boston to us again, wrote the governor to a friend. The postman rode on horseback along the old Dutch postroad from Bowling Green to Harlem river. He then crossed theriver to the Boston road and went along the Boston road throughThe Bronx. From The Bronx he rode in a northeasterly directionto Boston. He stopped at farmhouses and villages along the way to sleepand to eat. For miles and miles he rode through forests wherehe had to mark the trees as he went along so that he would knowthe path he had taken and thus find his way back. He crossed 157 158 HOME GEOGRAPHY OF NEW YOEK CITY. the large rivers in a boat because in those days there were nobridges spanning them. The colony increased in wealth and numbers, and New Yorkcity became a gay and lively place. In the winter the wealthy class lived in the city andin summer on their coun-try estates, just as they donow. The English governorand officers of the law andthe English army officersliving here with their fam-ilies enjoyed many of thepleasures and amusementsthey had had in theater was opened and many people attended the plays andconcerts given there. They also had afternoon teas, balls, andparties. In summer the boys had fishing, boating, ball playing,bowling, golf, and other outdoor games; in winter, skating, sleigh-ing, and coasting. The English always celebrated the birthdays of the king andthe queen. When New York became an English colony these holi-days were added to the many holidays celebrated by the English holidays the soldiers with their military
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