. History of the city of New York . to a tree, painting a ridicu-lous face in its j)lace. Van TwiUer, Avho had lost all faith in wordyprotests, sent a sloop to dislodge them; but Winthrop had two pieces onshore, and woidd not sufler the Dutch to land. The English named thepoint Saybrook, in compliment to Lord Say and Lord Brook. Fort Amsterdam was completed this sunnner; l)ut although consider- Fiiirr .\MsTi:i!i>AM. 11 iihk fxiniisc liad liccii liivislicd u|it>n llic rciuiirs, it lUvvv. Imm-ii iiluistili! iilLiick IVoni any houhi w Inilivt r, the t|m;.sti(in of linldiii;^; il would
. History of the city of New York . to a tree, painting a ridicu-lous face in its j)lace. Van TwiUer, Avho had lost all faith in wordyprotests, sent a sloop to dislodge them; but Winthrop had two pieces onshore, and woidd not sufler the Dutch to land. The English named thepoint Saybrook, in compliment to Lord Say and Lord Brook. Fort Amsterdam was completed this sunnner; l)ut although consider- Fiiirr .\MsTi:i!i>AM. 11 iihk fxiniisc liad liccii liivislicd u|it>n llic rciuiirs, it lUvvv. Imm-ii iiluistili! iilLiick IVoni any houhi w Inilivt r, the t|m;.sti(in of linldiii;^; il wouldhave been decidiul vmy hritlly. Tlic ncniliwcst liastion only wan lacedwith stone, and not a Icncf suiiomidcd it in kcc]) nil the ;,oats and otheranimals which run at thrmi^h tiic lown. lis only redeeming tea-turc was its elegant regularity. Pile liouses wen^ small and simiiir in their cnnstrucLinn, and niarlyall ^^^ tlicni wiTc incatcd within a few yaids n| the «|Uaiiit iitllc were luiill nl rniit;ii The above sketch of the fort and the buildings around it was originallymade by a Dutcli officer in 1635, and the picture was engraved in Hol-land. As a work of art it is certainly curious. It was undoubtedly theprodiiction of a strong memory, and, even allowing for the omission ofGovernors Island, which is ingrafted upon Long Island, and the distanceof Paulus Hook, which appears not more than the length of three of thecanoes, there is no view extant which can give us a better idea of thetender infancy of our proud city. The wind-mill was near a creek which is now Broad Street. The gib-bet, or whipping-post, was close by the waters edge. Upon this trans-gTessors were hoisted by the waist, and suspended such length of time astheir offense warranted. And yet, such was the peaceful disposition of the inhabitants, that 78 HISTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. police regulations were almost entirely unknown. Not even a sentinel1636. ^^^ kept on duty at night. A
Size: 1955px × 1278px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorlambmart, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, bookyear1876
