. Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years .. . prior to the revolution, theprices for which are sufficiently indicated by the following:In 1770, two lots west of the Bowery, 25x100 each, sold by Bayardto Quackenbos for £80. In 1771, one corner lot on the Bowery,sold by Bayard to Snyder for £53. In 1773 the same lot was soldby Snyder for £100. In 1771 Mr. Bayard sold four hundred lotsin various parts of his estate, in one parcel, to several gentlemenat £25 per lot. 583 That the Bowery lane was considerably populated by smalltenements before the revolutionary war is evid
. Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years .. . prior to the revolution, theprices for which are sufficiently indicated by the following:In 1770, two lots west of the Bowery, 25x100 each, sold by Bayardto Quackenbos for £80. In 1771, one corner lot on the Bowery,sold by Bayard to Snyder for £53. In 1773 the same lot was soldby Snyder for £100. In 1771 Mr. Bayard sold four hundred lotsin various parts of his estate, in one parcel, to several gentlemenat £25 per lot. 583 That the Bowery lane was considerably populated by smalltenements before the revolutionary war is evident from a sched-tile of retailers of liquors in 1770, who are enumerated to theextent of thirteen. One of the most ancient edifices on the line of the Bowery,which was in existence at the commencement of the pres-ent century, was situated at the present junction with Doyerstreet. It Avas long occupied as a distillery, and probably datedits origin from the Dutch era. It embraced the triangular pieceof ground of which the Doyer street, Pell street, and the Boweiy. OLD BOWEKV TUEATEK. form the boundaries. The house was an old-fashioned doublehouse of one story, facing Chatham square on the present Doyerstreet, the distillery standing in the rear. The house was demol-ished in 1806, when the publications of the day give an accoiintof it, stating that the house had outlived its century, that it wasoriginally owned by Domine De Riemer, who owned a propertyof 70 acres opposite, extending toward the East river, which wassold for $1,400 to Mr. Delancey and became part of the estate of ?584 that family, which was confiscated after the revohition. Wehave not traced the history of this ])roperty further than to ascer-tain that a few jears prior to its demolition (1796) it was ownedby Henry Doyer, who carried on the distillery and also a grocery-store. Adjoining it were premises owned by John De Eiemer. The Delancey estate, famous in colonial times as the seat ofLieutenant-Governor Jame
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