FIFTH    AVENUE
 

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MAP  OF  THE  FARMS.
Prepared for the City in 1819-1820, by John Randel, Jr.    Showing the farms superimposed
upon the Commissioners' Map of 1811, the 23rd Street part of the Parade Ground, Bloomingdale
Road, and the Eastern Post-Road.

As  we  go   up   the  Avenue  from   15th  to   18th Streets   we pass   Farms
across what was  the farm  of Thomas  and  Edward  Burling,  rela-   traversed by
lives  of those old merchants James and John Burling, whose name   the Line of
was given to Burling Slip, part of  the East River front, and also   ^jf^h
over  the farm owned  until  1836 by John Cowman.     The  stretch
from  18th to  21st Streets was  part  of  the farm   sold in  1791  to
Isaac Varian for $3,000, by the heirs of  Sir Peter Warren.     The
property formed  part of the complimentary tract of land  granted
by the corporation of the City in 1744 to Captain, afterward Admiral,
 

Avenue