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Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years .. . turin Livingston, from 1807to C. Van Wycl?, from 1808 to Ogden Hoffman, from 1810 to C. Van VVycli, from 1811 to Ogden Hoffman, from 1813 to Rilier, from 1815 to A. Jay, from 1819 to Rilier, from 1821 to Jones, from 1823 to Ril<er, from 1824 to H. Morris, from 1838 to A. Tallmadge, from 1841 to B. Scott, from 1846 to A. Tallmadge, from 1849 to R. T
Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years .. . turin Livingston, from 1807to C. Van Wycl?, from 1808 to Ogden Hoffman, from 1810 to C. Van VVycli, from 1811 to Ogden Hoffman, from 1813 to Rilier, from 1815 to A. Jay, from 1819 to Rilier, from 1821 to Jones, from 1823 to Ril<er, from 1824 to H. Morris, from 1838 to A. Tallmadge, from 1841 to B. Scott, from 1846 to A. Tallmadge, from 1849 to R. Tillou, from 1852 to M. Smith, Jr., from 1855 to G. Barnard, from 185S to T. Hoffman, from 1861 to 1864. HISTORICAL. public |fm|3robcnwnts pnMous fo tk g^trrrktbit. THE BATTERY. J- HE south point of the island, in its natural condition, extendedto about the present line of State street; and its condition, afterthe town had been settled by families about thirty years, is shown bythe following sketch, taken from a drawing made in KKSENT BAITERY, IN 1656. The present inclosure is all beyond the original water-line, andthe early condition of the adjacent lands is not strictly withinthe limits of a description of the improvements in that section ; hut )00 it may be mentioned that tlio )noHt notable improvement adjacentto the present Battery was the erection of a private mansion Ly Gov-ernor Stuyvesant in the year 1658. This was designed for his privateresidence, and was considered in its time as the principal effort madeby private enterprise towards beautifying the city.
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