. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. ilt in 1736, andwas succeeded by the present City Hall. For a 334 NEW YORK CITY LIFE long time prior to the Revolution the public execu-tions were performed at and near the Fields. On the page following is an old picture of theexecution of one of the negroes who was convictedof conspiring to burn the City in 1712, (Notice themen and women comfortably roosting on a fence towatch the death struggle.) The first effort to preserve the Common appearsin this resolution of the Common Council, passed First Poorhouse, City Hall Pa
. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. ilt in 1736, andwas succeeded by the present City Hall. For a 334 NEW YORK CITY LIFE long time prior to the Revolution the public execu-tions were performed at and near the Fields. On the page following is an old picture of theexecution of one of the negroes who was convictedof conspiring to burn the City in 1712, (Notice themen and women comfortably roosting on a fence towatch the death struggle.) The first effort to preserve the Common appearsin this resolution of the Common Council, passed First Poorhouse, City Hall Park. in 1731 : If any person or persons whatsoever with-in the City or liberties thereof shall, at any timehereafter, dig any holes in the Common of this Cityon the south side of the Fresh Water, or take orcarry away any earth or mould, or shall cut, takeor carry away any sods or turf off any part ofsaid Common, he shall suffer a fine of forty shil-lings. In 1756 a committee was appointed to re-move the gallows from the easterly side of the THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS. cO c a; 0)X 33G NEW YORK CITY LIFE Common to the place where the negr<3es wereburned at the foot of the hill called Catimuts Hill,near the Fresh Water. In 1757 a piece of groundof the length of two boards, where the present City-Hall stands, was inclosed for the burial of the poorof the Workhouse. In the same year a committeewas appointed to build the gaol (the Registersoffice). In 1757 a committee was appointed to erectbarracks. These were the same barracks that wereoccupied by the British troops, who had so muchtrouble with the Liberty Boys. It was ordered thatthe building should be two stories high and containtwenty rooms on a floor, and be four hundred andtwenty feet long, Broadway was extended throughthe Common, according to the survey of Mr. Mars-chalk, in 1760. In 1762 it was ordered that nopitch, tar, turpentine or shingles be kept on theCommon south of the Fresh Water, except at aplace especially appr
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