Appletons' illustrated hand-book of American travelA full and reliable guide ..to ..the United States and the British provincesWith careful maps of all parts of the country, and pictures of famous places and scenes, from original drawings by the author and other artists . e bank wherethey had been slightly buried, were col-lected, and deposited in 13 coffins, in-scribed with the names of the 13 origi-nal States, and placed in a vault be-neath a wooden building erected for thepurpose, in Hudson avenue, opposite toFront street, near the Navy Yard. The Atlantic Dock, about a milebelow the South F
Appletons' illustrated hand-book of American travelA full and reliable guide ..to ..the United States and the British provincesWith careful maps of all parts of the country, and pictures of famous places and scenes, from original drawings by the author and other artists . e bank wherethey had been slightly buried, were col-lected, and deposited in 13 coffins, in-scribed with the names of the 13 origi-nal States, and placed in a vault be-neath a wooden building erected for thepurpose, in Hudson avenue, opposite toFront street, near the Navy Yard. The Atlantic Dock, about a milebelow the South Ferry, Brooklyn, is avery extensive work, and worthy theattention of strangers. The HamiltonAvenue Ferry, near the Battery, landsits passengers close by. The companywas incorporated in May, 1840, with acapital of $1,000,000. The basin withinthe piers contains 42^ acres, with suffi-cient depth of water for the largestships. The piers are furnished withmany spacious stone warehouses. Jersey City, N. J., is on the Hud-son, opposite the city of New York,with which it is connected by continualferry, from foot of Cortlandt street(fare, four cents). In 1854, the popu-lation was about 21,000. Jersey Cityis the New York terminus of the Phila- 118 NEW YOKK. City of Brooklyn, N. T. delpliia and New York and Erie Rail-road routes, and of the Morris is also the berth of the Cunard line ofAtlantic steamers. For Newark and other places near NewYork, upon the Philadelphia routes, seeindex. For suburban villages on theHudson, see route from New York toAlbany. CITY OF BEOOKLYN. We have already spoken of many ofthe objects of interest in Brooklyn, inthe preceding article upon New York ;as the Navy Yard, Greenwood Ceme-tery, the Atlantic Dock, the neighbor-ing Long Island villages of Astoria,Jamaica, Flushing, Rockaway Beach,etc. Besides these points, there ismuch else of interest across the river—many fine churches, and other publicbuildings. Brooklyn has no less than seventy
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