The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . Fii-st Poorhouse, City Hall Park. in 1T31: 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 tak** orcarry away any earth or moidd, or shall cut, takeor carry away any sods or turf ofT any part ofsaid Common, he shall suffer a fine of forty shil-lings. In a committee was appointed to re-move the gallows from the side of the 3:?n T
The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . Fii-st Poorhouse, City Hall Park. in 1T31: 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 tak** orcarry away any earth or moidd, or shall cut, takeor carry away any sods or turf ofT any part ofsaid Common, he shall suffer a fine of forty shil-lings. In a committee was appointed to re-move the gallows from the side of the 3:?n THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS. NEW YOKK riTV IJFK Common to the j)l;ice where tlie nej^roes wereburned at the foot of the hill called Catiinuts Hill,near the Fresh Water. In 1757 a piece of j^roundof the lenj^th of two boards, where the pres^-nt CityHall stands, was inclosed for the burial f tli« poorof the Workhouse. In the sixrae year a connnitteewas appointed to build the gaol (the lii^gistersoffice). In 1757 a committee was appoint<.d to erectbarracks. These were the same barracks that wereoccupied by the British troops, who had so muihtrouble with the Liberty Boys. It was ordered thatthe building should be two stories high and containtwenty rooms on a Hoor, and be four hundred andtwenty feet long. Broadway was extended throughthe Common, according to the survey of Mr. Mars-chalk, in 17<iO. In 1762 it was ordered that nopitch, tar, turpentine or shingles be kept on theCommon south of the Fresh Water, except at aplace especially appropriate<l for that purpose nearthe negro burial-ground. As a f
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