. A landmark history of New York; also the origin of street names and a bibliography . of its past history. Opposite RivingtonStreet is a milestone, which, if free from posters,shows the inscription: I MILE TO CITY HALL. A famous inn stood here in the old days, and itwas a custom to accompany a friend starting on thelong journey to Boston, as far as this tavern, drinka parting glass of wine with him, and wish him God-speed. Are there any other old milestones? askedGeorge. Yes; the two-mile stone is in Third Avenuenear Sixteenth Street, the four-mile near Fifty-seventh Street, the five-mile nea
. A landmark history of New York; also the origin of street names and a bibliography . of its past history. Opposite RivingtonStreet is a milestone, which, if free from posters,shows the inscription: I MILE TO CITY HALL. A famous inn stood here in the old days, and itwas a custom to accompany a friend starting on thelong journey to Boston, as far as this tavern, drinka parting glass of wine with him, and wish him God-speed. Are there any other old milestones? askedGeorge. Yes; the two-mile stone is in Third Avenuenear Sixteenth Street, the four-mile near Fifty-seventh Street, the five-mile near Seventy-seventhStreet, the nine-mile at One Hundred and Fifty-sec-ond Street and Amsterdam Avenue, and the twelve-mile on the Kingsbridge road, near Inwood. The Governors room in the City Hall contains A LANDMARK HISTORY OP NEW YORK 31 an odd and interesting memento of the Bowery. Itis a branch of a pear tree that was originally plantedin Stuyvesants orchard. Long after the orchardhad been covered by modern houses, this tree, en-circled by an iron railing, stood at the corner of. Milestone on Kingsbridge road. Thirteenth Street and Third Avenne. Many a timehave I seen it there, covered with blossoms, jnstas it nsed to appear, no donbt, when Stuyvesantlooked npon it. One day, in 1867, fully two hun-dred years after it was planted, a careless truckmandrove his heavy wagon against it and crushed it tothe ground, thus ruthlessly ending its existence asa landmark. At the corner where it stood so long, 32 A LANDMARK HISTORY OF NEW YORK a bronze plate lias been placed bearing tlie follow-ing inscription: ON THIS CORNER GREWPETRUS STUYVESANTS PEAR TREE. RECALLED TO HOLLAND IN 1664, ON HIS RETURN HE BROUGHT THE PEAR TREE AND PLANTED IT AS HIS MEMORIAL, BY WHICH, SAID HE, MY NAME MAY BE REMEMBERED. THE PEAR TREE FLOURISHED AND BORE FRUIT FOR OVER TWO HUNDRED YEARS. THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SEPTEMBER 1890. You said last week you would tell us somethi
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