Book/Printed Material The Eastern District of Brooklyn
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Image 1 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn Se oo hn ohh a tek 37 Sass satice soni EVR Swetese Area SSS SE woah Ce eee es aes Ses PIL SS lee sero e Seace teeee see Rares irene Ie…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 2 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 3 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 4 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn Me fi Die See- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 5 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn cis EASTERN DISTRICT Or RROOKLYN WITH Wlustrations and Maps 133 WE EUGENE TT ARMBRUSTER Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have setProv XXII 28 La NeE WY ORK WO 2- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 6 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn CopyYRIGHT 1912 BY EUGENE L ARMBRUSTER Published May 7th 1912 ca314404- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 7 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn Crom fe nets Page J SHU ERO GRBICENE ONE CYA Me pata ee Nea BN WAI agg i UC DR se re 9 JIN BS SS AUUA TVS 9 es at TC…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 8 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn 4 THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF BROOKLYN Page Map Showine the OrioinalElantations 0 5505 see ase 121 Municipal Govermment yo ijcrue eel nar cu snk ah eters Ae wer Wate ens 123 Ridgewood…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 9 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn List of Illustrations and Maps Page Map of Williamsburgh Village 1827 foldingopposite page 34 Map of Williamsburgh 1845 folding opposite page 118 Wigiosimallk Se eel etiaetnte OOO Fes eve sfaa cia see…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 10 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn 6 THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF BROOKLYN Page Bushwick Church ain i Scoyee ae seen Vell loca nas eye ren tease ame 74 Dutch Reformed Churchiot Walliamsburoi a ten sere ee 80 St…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 11 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn Pane ha Cr HE title of this book is The Eastern District of Brooklyn and the book contains a number of articles dealing with the past of the various neigh borhoods within…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 12 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn 8 THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF BROOKLYN tion im Tore of 857778 Whe Ridgvewood section im Queensborough is today an integral part of the East ern District for the borough line can only…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 13 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn INTRODUCTION HE following pages contain a series of sketches relating to the early days of the various localities that now constitute the Eastern District of Brooklyn They also tell of the hardships…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 14 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn Io THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF BROOKLYN DirectorGeneral Willem Kieft purchased in 1638 the territory of the later town of Bushwick from the Canarsee Indians for the West India Company and the new…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 15 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn NASSAU RIVER Nassau River is the waterway first known as Mis pat Kil and more recently as Newtown Creek The usefulness of the river will be greatly enhanced in the near future…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 16 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn 12 THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF BROOKLYN adventurous Noormans had established themselves clearing the land and trading with the Indians In 1638 Governor Kieit purchased the land neay the creek and the new…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 17 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF BROOKLYN 13 place of De Sille The island was then known as Smiths Island after an earlier resident and its pres ent name is Furmans Island or Maspeth…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 18 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 19 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF BROOKLYN 15 old Indian trail a road was laid out in the centre of pie village plot which im course of time could be extended towards either creek…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 20 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn tt Y AM 7 ail Vt f Patti WH fl itt j i- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 21 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF BROOKLYN 17 British warboats sailed up and down the creek carry ing dispatches from Headquarters at Newtown and even during the War of 1812 American gunboats paroled the…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 22 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn THE ORIGINAL PLANTATIONS The first settlers in the territory of the later town of Bushwick seem to have been mostly Scandinavians Hans Hansen Cornelis Jacobse Stille Claes Carsten sen Jan de Zweed…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 23 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF BROOKLYN 19 Hans Hansens land extended from the Kil of Joris Rapalie through a part of the towns of Brooklyn and Bushwick to the Newtown Creek Along the…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 24 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn 20 THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF BROOKLYN still in possession of the company While there yet remains a small tract of the companys land which would be included within that fence etc South…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 25 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn TOWN RECORDS In his history of Long Island Thompson says The increase of population in this neighborhood was so small as not to acquire a municipal character before the year 1648 at…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 26 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn 22 THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF BROOKLYN tant from each other must remove and concentrate themselves within the neighboring towns and dwell in the same because we have war with the Indians who…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 27 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF BROOKLYN 23 of the town of Boswijck and already have villagelots shall remove to the same according to the order of the DirectorGeneral and it is added That…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 28 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn 24 THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF BROOKLYN lands were not found to be included in any previous patent In 1661 Stuyvesant ordered the New Arnheim set tlement to be broken up and in…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 29 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF BROOKLYN 25 Hendrik Janse Grever Gysbert Thonissen Jost Cas parse Willem Janse Traphagen a Frenchman Dirck Volkertse a Norwegian or Noorman a carpenter by trade who had obtained…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 30 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn 26 THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF BROOKLYN porated with the colony of New York and became subject to the Duke of York Richard Nicolls governor under the Wulkeon York convened a meeting on…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 31 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF BROOKLYN 27 This patent was obtained on the twentyfifth of October 1667 Governor Thomas Dongan issued another town patent in 1687 and Governor Cornbury one dated 1708 The…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 32 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn LNIOd COOMA FHL ee- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 33 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF BROOKLYN 29 mill structure was erected by Abraham Jansen Tim merman Timmermancarpenter in 1664 and a mill was still standing on that point near Metropolitan muvee close to…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 34 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn 30 THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF BROOKLYN large frame structure and was half a century ago used as a tavern and was still known as the Mansion house or Manor House On the…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 35 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF BROOKLYN 31 The Devoe houses were on either side of the Wood point road between Parker and Bennett Streets The oldest house near the village plot still standing…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 36 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn i ES Bor 1G 7 LY men a Beet V Py MMT TT EN aL hia SATS TT i ta ogi a IN sz AD Pays 6 LY TM NG Mee- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 37 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn Srp AS DERN DIsthiGih OP EROOKLYN 8 built about 1700 The Jacobus Colyer house stood mean Calyer Street near present West Street and the Jacob Meserole house on Lorimer Street near Norman…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 38 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn 34 THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF BROOKLYN WILLIAMSBURGH Dense thickets covered hundreds of acres of bog and low land extending from Wallabout Bay to New town Creek and extended through the central part…- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 39 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn Paces iy n net Wins Sak Wry mah 5 pagwewedly i a my Wr 1 AAA NS a- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
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Image 40 of The Eastern District of Brooklyn- Contributor: Armbruster, Eugene L.
- Date: 1912
About this Item
Title
- The Eastern District of Brooklyn
Names
- Armbruster, Eugene L., 1865-1943.
Created / Published
- New York : [s.n.], 1912.
Headings
- - Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--History
- - Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)--History
- - Bushwick (New York, N.Y.)--History
- - New Lots (New York, N.Y.)--History
Notes
- - Also available in digital form.
Medium
- 205 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 18 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- F129.B7 A72
Library of Congress Control Number
- 12012937
OCLC Number
- 2742749
Online Format
- online text
- image