A home geography of New York city . CojiyrightiMl, hy (iuorgt St. Pauls Chapkl p. llall & Son 164 HOME GEOGRAPHY OF NEW YORK CITY the size of a page of one of our daily papers. Bradfords printingpress is still in existence. When Bradford died he was buried inTrinity churchyard. If you visit the churchyard you can see his grave. The English City Hall A new City Hall was built on the corner of Wall and Broadstreets where the Sub-Treasury now stands. It was described as the most magnificentbuilding in the city. Thegovernor of New Yorkand his council, the law-makers of the colony, andthe city
A home geography of New York city . CojiyrightiMl, hy (iuorgt St. Pauls Chapkl p. llall & Son 164 HOME GEOGRAPHY OF NEW YORK CITY the size of a page of one of our daily papers. Bradfords printingpress is still in existence. When Bradford died he was buried inTrinity churchyard. If you visit the churchyard you can see his grave. The English City Hall A new City Hall was built on the corner of Wall and Broadstreets where the Sub-Treasury now stands. It was described as the most magnificentbuilding in the city. Thegovernor of New Yorkand his council, the law-makers of the colony, andthe city officers of the lawheld their meetings in thenew City Hall. In thebuilding there was acourt room, afterwards thescene of the Zenger trial,and also cells for prisoners. The building cost about £ City Hall in Wall Street before theRevolution The First Library The first New York Library, called the New York SocietyLibrary, was opened in a room in the English City Hall, in the war for independence, when New York was the head-quarters of the English army, many of the books and other valuablearticles of this library were sold in the streets by the English sol-diers. The New York Society Library, the oldest in our city, isnow in University place, Manhattan. CHAPTER XXXVI EARLY NEWSPAPERS The citizens of New Amsterdam surrendered to the English fortwo reasons: first, because they were not satisfied with Dutch rule;second, because they thought theEnglish rulers would give themmore liberty. They were wellpleased with the first Englishgovernor. He was a just manand tried to please the peopleand make them like him. As a rule, the governors didnot stay here very long. A num-ber of the royal governors triedto deprive the people of some oftheir rights and were unjust inmany way
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