A home geography of New York city . Ti ferry. Anotherroad led from the fort toBouwerie village, andfrom there along the Har-lem post road (now 3davenue) to Harlem. TheHarlem river was crossedin a boat. The Bostonroad is an old post roadin The Bronx. The third road led from Bowling Green to Bouwerievillage, and from there along Broadway to the end of Manhattan,where the postman crossed the ferry to Kingsbridge. The post roadcontinued along the Hudson river from Kingsbridge to Albany. Sailboats carried the mail between Albany and New Amsterdamin summer, but in winter people depended on the foot
A home geography of New York city . Ti ferry. Anotherroad led from the fort toBouwerie village, andfrom there along the Har-lem post road (now 3davenue) to Harlem. TheHarlem river was crossedin a boat. The Bostonroad is an old post roadin The Bronx. The third road led from Bowling Green to Bouwerievillage, and from there along Broadway to the end of Manhattan,where the postman crossed the ferry to Kingsbridge. The post roadcontinued along the Hudson river from Kingsbridge to Albany. Sailboats carried the mail between Albany and New Amsterdamin summer, but in winter people depended on the foot mail carriers were sometimes employed in winter; thisservice was called the Indian posts. The Dutch mail service wasnot a very regular one. Friends generally settled near one anotherand consequently did not need to write letters. However, they didwrite to their friends in Europe, and many of these old letters arestill in the libraries of Europe and Nkw Amstekdam () CHAPTER XXX THE FIRST NEW YORK SCHOOLS A schoolmaster was sent to New Amsterdam as soon as the Hol-landers thought that the settlers could pay for one. The first NewYork schoolmaster was Adam Roelantsen. He came here in 1633and built a house in Stone street. The schoolroom was a room in his house. As he wasthe only schoolmasterin New Amsterdam,he expected to makea good living; but thepeople did not likehim, and he taughthere only a few another school-master was Stadt Huys and as the settlements The first Dutch free school was opened in this building ffrCW larger and larger more schoolmasters were needed. There was a small private schoolin New Amsterdam, and those who could afford it sent their chil-dren to this school. Some parents employed private tutors andhad their children taught at home. There was not much ready money in New Netherland in thosedays. The Dutch did not pay the schoolmasters in cash, but inwampum, beavers skins, and gra
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