. Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years .. . In 1766 the minister, &c., of the Dutch ReformedChurch presented a petition to the Common Council setting forththat for near a century preceding they had used the cemetery ad-joining the old Dutch church in Garden street, which had becomeso filled with bodies that it was not possible to open the groundwithout disturbing the bodies. They therefore asked the grantin fee of certain ground on the common contiguous to Mr. Cuy-lers sugar-house (still standing at the corner of Duane and Rosestreets, 1866), the east end of which f
. Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years .. . In 1766 the minister, &c., of the Dutch ReformedChurch presented a petition to the Common Council setting forththat for near a century preceding they had used the cemetery ad-joining the old Dutch church in Garden street, which had becomeso filled with bodies that it was not possible to open the groundwithout disturbing the bodies. They therefore asked the grantin fee of certain ground on the common contiguous to Mr. Cuy-lers sugar-house (still standing at the corner of Duane and Rosestreets, 1866), the east end of which fronts the main road thatleads to Fresh Water (present Pearl street). The Common Coun-cil lent a favorable ear to the application and agreed to grantthem twenty-eight lots, ten of which fronted northeasterly toQueen (Pearl) street; eight fronted southeasterly on Thomas (nowRose) street; and ten westerly on George (present William) street,to hold the same forever at a rent of £70 per annum. In 1769the formal papers for this transfer were executed. i p. ii i ? !i. i^^l ,^m *^^ li^^ , j/B/.n-n-n-nn// nn n-n-n-nfHi-n-TH n-rrrnnn-nr-n 609 Following close upon this application from the Dutch Chuirhcame one, in the same year, from the English Presbyterian Church,stating their necessities for additional church and cemetery ac-commodations, and asking the grant of the triangular piece nearthe vineyard, as before alluded to. The petition was referred to acommittee, who reported that the city had no ground suitable forthe church except that referred to in their petition, and the com-mons opposite the old windmill spot. It would seem that thecity authorities urged the latter, as the argument of the churchagainst that site is set forth at length, being substantially thatthough the lots to the westward of those lately granted to theDutch church would in time be a convenient place for a churchwhen that part of the city should be inhabited and the adjacentlots become vacant by the expiration o
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