. Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years .. . t Wall street. Itextended from the present line of New street to William street,and is described in the grant as in the place called the SchaapeWaytie to south of the land of Jan Jansen Damen, containing inbreadth on the west side 21 rods, on the east side 15 rods; inlength on the north side 38 rods, as granted by Governor Stuy-vesant in 1658.* The subsequent establishment of streets leftcomparatively little of this property for building purposes. The line of the Damen farm ran parallel Avith the presentnortherly line of W
. Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years .. . t Wall street. Itextended from the present line of New street to William street,and is described in the grant as in the place called the SchaapeWaytie to south of the land of Jan Jansen Damen, containing inbreadth on the west side 21 rods, on the east side 15 rods; inlength on the north side 38 rods, as granted by Governor Stuy-vesant in 1658.* The subsequent establishment of streets leftcomparatively little of this property for building purposes. The line of the Damen farm ran parallel Avith the presentnortherly line of Wall street, from Broadway to William street;thence it formed what was called an outhoeek, or an oblong pro-jection, extending along the easterly bounds of the Sheep Pastureor present William street to near Beaver street; then eastwardlysome distance along the latter ; and then along the rear of thegardens, &c., fronting on the present Pearl street, as far as Maidenlane. West of New street the original grantee of the land through * The Dutch rod was about 13 CORNER OP EXCHANGE PLACE AND BROAD STREET, 1690 (FIRST IMPROVE-MENT OF THE OLD SHEEP PASTURE).
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