. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. o Murray Street. The Park wasnot inclosed until 1792. It was not until 1795 thatit was proposed to dig out Broadway north of thePark. In 1797 a new Almshouse was built closeto the old one, which was torn down. (The gradeof Broadway, from the Park to Canal Street, whichwas first established in 1799, required digging downat Pearl Street nearly five feet, and at LeonardStreet nearly sixteen feet, from which point theline of the road fell to the bridge which crossedthe marshes at Canal Street.) The Bridewell deserves more tha
. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. o Murray Street. The Park wasnot inclosed until 1792. It was not until 1795 thatit was proposed to dig out Broadway north of thePark. In 1797 a new Almshouse was built closeto the old one, which was torn down. (The gradeof Broadway, from the Park to Canal Street, whichwas first established in 1799, required digging downat Pearl Street nearly five feet, and at LeonardStreet nearly sixteen feet, from which point theline of the road fell to the bridge which crossedthe marshes at Canal Street.) The Bridewell deserves more than a passingnotice. This became one of the English prisonsduring the British occupation. It had its ownpeculiar horrors. It seems from all that can belearned on the subject that not one of the Brit-ish prisons in New York was conducted in ahumane way. Probably General Charles Lee, whowas confined in a room in the old City Hall onAVall Street, was the onlj- prisoner of war whoreceived decent treatment. The Tory historian. Judge 338 ill; ?;? ???^ c tr c r c s o. NEW YORK CITY LIFE Jones, speaking of this subject, while abusing theAmerican cause, gave the testimony of his ownobservation, which overthrew the evasions of LordHowe. He said: Upon the close of the Campaign in 1776, therewere not less than ten thousand prisoners withinthe British lines at New York. A commissary ofprisoners was therefore appointed, and one JoshuaLoring was commissioned to the office, with aguinea a day and rations of all kinds for himselfand familj. In this appointment there was reci-procity. Joshua had a handsome wife. The Gen-eral, Sir William Howe, was fond of her. Joshuamade no objections. Loring was determined tomake the most of his commission, and, by appro-priating to his own use nearly two-thirds of therations allowed to the prisoners, he actually starvedto death about three hundred of the poor wretchesbefore an exchange took place in 1777; and him-dreds that were ahve at the time were so emaci-at
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