The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . NEAY YORK CITY TJFE the Registers office) wore buried in this negro l)ui-y-ing-ground. By a pecuHar coiuoideuce a lane thatwas hiid across it was called Republican was a line of palisades built in 1745, be-i,Miiiiing at Mr. Desbrosses house (Number 57 CherryStreet), which at that time was the northernmosthouse until Kips Bay was reached, and extendingAvesterly to Katy Mutzs house at Windmill or Cati-muts Hill, and from thence on a line just northof the City Hall to t
The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . NEAY YORK CITY TJFE the Registers office) wore buried in this negro l)ui-y-ing-ground. By a pecuHar coiuoideuce a lane thatwas hiid across it was called Republican was a line of palisades built in 1745, be-i,Miiiiing at Mr. Desbrosses house (Number 57 CherryStreet), which at that time was the northernmosthouse until Kips Bay was reached, and extendingAvesterly to Katy Mutzs house at Windmill or Cati-muts Hill, and from thence on a line just northof the City Hall to the North River. It was con-structed of cedar logs with loop-holes for musketiy,and a breastwork behind them. There were block-houses in the hne with portholes for cannon; onein Pearl Street, in the neighborhood of Bancker;another close to the City Hall; and a third nebetween Church and Chapel Streets. Four gateswere in this fortification: one at Pearl Street; oneat Chatham Street; another at Broadway; and thelast at Greenwich Street. An old citizen has writ-ten that in the year 1746 he saw a great party
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