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Title: History of the city of New York
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Lamb, Martha J. (Martha Joanna), 1829-1893 A.S. Barnes & Co
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Publisher: New York : A.S. Barnes and Co.
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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utch,scholar, and often acted as interpreter before the courts. He had at com-mand a large law library, as evidenced by the numerous quotations in hiswritten arguments. The magistrates of Gravesend employed him, inopposition to Mr. Opdyck, to prosecute their claim to Coney Island. The accompanying map is the only plan of the city during the Dutchera which is known to exist. It is presumed that the English officersfound it after the capture, and gave to it its present shape, adding thedate, 1664. It fell into the British Museum, where it remained inobscurity until a few j-ears since, when it was rescued by George H.Moore, the librarian of the New York Historical Society. The outlinesof the streets, though apparently drawm without measurement, seem tofollow the proper directions, and the general character of the buildingsis given without any special attempt at accuracy. But the map itself isa curious memorial, worthy of tender preservation. •■■■ ^ 3 ►J -^ ^ ~^. > In 55 ?•
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