. Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years .. . hill to the Downes pasture, at the head of the present Chat-ham square, was surveyed and laid out in definite bounds. T he land lying on the east side of the road is traced down asfollows : William Janeway jjurchased of William Merritt a pieceof land extending from the fresh water 150 rods along the road,thence toward the East river, &c., by irregular courses. Theproperty was mortgaged by Janeway, and in 1731 was sold (ex-cepting the Jews burial-ground) to Christopher Banker, and wasafterward purchased by Anthony Rutgers.
. Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years .. . hill to the Downes pasture, at the head of the present Chat-ham square, was surveyed and laid out in definite bounds. T he land lying on the east side of the road is traced down asfollows : William Janeway jjurchased of William Merritt a pieceof land extending from the fresh water 150 rods along the road,thence toward the East river, &c., by irregular courses. Theproperty was mortgaged by Janeway, and in 1731 was sold (ex-cepting the Jews burial-ground) to Christopher Banker, and wasafterward purchased by Anthony Rutgers. In 1747 a map of theproperty was made and sales of lots commenced. In 1751, lots onRoosevelt street brought £50. In 1762, lots on James streetbrought £110. In 1764, lots on Oliver street brought £70. Inthe same year a lot on Chatham street, near Roosevelt, 25x118feet, brought £195. In 1765, lots in the same vicinity brought£200. This jjroperty was at that time regarded as a settlementby itself, and was generally distinguished as New Batavia, or The NORTU SIDE OF OHVEK STRKET FROM TUE COIINER OF CHATHAMSQ0ARE. 1812. 616 On the west side of tlie road the land was first divided into citylots by John Kingston, a blacksmith, and Jacob Read, a tailor-who, in 1751, purchased the Minthorne property, embracing be-tween twelve and thirteen acres, covering the present Mulberry,Orange, and Cross streets, for which they paid £900. Their firstsale was in 1751 of lot at present corner of Chatham square andMulberry street, 25x100 feet, for which they received £35. In175-4, lots on Mulberry and Cross streets brought £25 each. In1759, lots in Orange street brought £28. In 1768, a lot on presentChatham square, 37x120 feet, brought £170. The improvement of streets in this vicinity by regulating andpaving commenced about 1763, though Chatham square was butpartially paved toward the commencement of the present inclosure was laid out and fenced with palings in the cente
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