. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. e. Twenty-one were condemned and executed : severalof these were burned at the stake ; some were hanged, one was brokenon wheels, and one hung in chains to die of starvation. Many who werenot directly implicated were arrested for supposed complicity in the plot,but were afterwards released for want oi sufficient evidence or |)ar(louedby the governor. Shortly after the excitements consequent upon the negro insurre(.tioiihad subsided, a duel was fought by Dr. John Livingston and ThomasDongan, which resulted in the death of the f
. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. e. Twenty-one were condemned and executed : severalof these were burned at the stake ; some were hanged, one was brokenon wheels, and one hung in chains to die of starvation. Many who werenot directly implicated were arrested for supposed complicity in the plot,but were afterwards released for want oi sufficient evidence or |)ar(louedby the governor. Shortly after the excitements consequent upon the negro insurre(.tioiihad subsided, a duel was fought by Dr. John Livingston and ThomasDongan, which resulted in the death of the former. Dongan wastried for murder and found guilty of manslaughter. The mayor (from 1711to 1714) was Colonel Caleb Heathcote, and chiefly through his instru-mentality, Broadway was graded this spring from Maiden Lane to theCommons. Shade-trees, similar to those which graced the southern por-tion of the street, were planted on either side to the terminus of theimprovements. The family homestead of the Beekmans stood on a bluff 496 IILSTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW overlooking the East River, near the present corner of Pearl and BeekmanStreets. It was built liy Hon. William Beekman in 1670. An orchard of tine ijld apple-treesstretched over severalacres to the right, andpears and peaches werecultivated in large quan-tities on the rolling landin the vicinity. The gar-den hugged the mansionon two sides, and wasone of the hnest on Man-hattan Island. The fam-ily coach, of which theThe Beekman Coach. sketch is an authentic representation, is preserved, and in the possession of Hon. James , Vice-President of the New York Historical Society. Although Hunter was in harmony with his council in almost aU. mat-ters of public interest, he was in constant collision with the Assembly,which was opposed to the granting oi a permanent revenue lor the suji-port of the government. Tlie House took the subject finally into graveconsideration, and sent to the council several bills which the l
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