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THE ICONOGRAPHY OF MANHATTAN ISLAND
 

1796   M. C. C. (1784-1831), II; 272. See My 12, 1784;  1821; L. M.
Aug,    R. K,, III:  958;  Pl. 174;   and descrip. of the Burgis View (Pl.

22   15, Vol, I), I;  245.

"          Jaraes C. Lawrence having written a letter deraanding Sioo

"tor a Plan or Elevation of the new Alms Hs" (see My 30), the
coraraon coundl decides that this sum is extravagant, but agrees
that he be paid £50, and orders that tbe mayor issue his warrant
on the treasurer for that amount.—M. C. C. (1784-1831), II: 272,

29         The common council orders payment ot £600 more "towards

Fly Market."—M. C, C. (1784-1831), U: 274,  See My 16, Jl 25,
See, further, S 12,
Sept.         A map of the road to the bridge over Harlem River at Third

— Ave. was made at this time. It ia filed in the bureau ot topography,
borough president's office, as map No. 134,

5         A letter trora the coraraissioners of the health office is read at

the comraon council raeeting, "inforraing that the Lazarette
on Bedlows Isle is now prepared tor the Reception ot Persons with
Infectious Disorders" (aee Ag), and that therefore "they have no
longer use tor the Hospital at BeUe Vue." The board appoints a
committee "to report on the future Disporition of BeUe Vue."—
M. C. C. (1784-1830, H: 275. On Sept. 12, die board ordered
that the committee "make a Settiement with the Commisars
of the Health Office for the Rent of Bdle Vue as also with re.apect
to the furniture k other Things there."—Ibid., U: 278. See,
further, F 10, Ap 10, 1797.
8         The "Thetis" and "Thisbe," British frigates, part of Admbal

Murray's squadron, arrive at Sandy Hook.-—JV. Y- Jour., S 9,
1796. Tbey were here again in 1797 (q. v., O 11 aod i6, 1797),

II         The common council deddes  to  grant £800  "towarda  the

running out of a Pier in the middle of Coentiea Slip frora the L
to k beyond the new Street of 70 feet wide whenever the said Pier
shaU be compleated."—M. C. C. (1784-1831), II: 277. See,
further, D 5.

"          The common councU orders payraent of £192:8:1 "to compleat

the Fly Market," and£400"towards rebuilding the Fly Market
between Water k front Streets" (aee Ag 29).—M. C. C. (1784-
1830,11: 278. On Oct. 17, £100 more waa appropriated "towards
the Fly Market."—Jii^., II: 295. On Oct. 24, £600.—Ibid.,
II: 297. On Dec. 12, £400.—JtiJ., H:  310.

"          The committee ot leases of Trinity Church is instructed to

"take into consideration the Ground caUed the Fort."—Trin.
Min. (MS.).  Action was taken Jan. 9, 1797 (q.v.)

19         Washington's fareweU address, bearing date of Sept. 17, is pub¬

lished in Claypoole's Am. Dally Adv. (Phila.), under tbe tide: "To
the People of the United States." Addressing "Friends and FeUow
Citizens," he decUnea "being considered among the number of
those, out of whom a choice is to he made" for president, and atates
the principlea which he conceives proper for the guidance ot the
Union. The MS. had been banded by Washington in person to the
printer, David C, Claypoole, and, after publication, Washington
again handed it to Claypoole with permission to keep it. Its first
reprinting in New York was on Sept. 21, io the Argus, TheHerald,
etc. It was reprinted in many places, both here aod in England,
in this year, and innumerable timea thereafter. In 1850, James
Lenox had it privately printed in a limited edition from the original
MS., which he had purchased in that year (q.v.). His edition shows
it dated Sept. 19, and an eiamination of the original, now in the
N. Y. Pub. Library, proves this to he correct. An appendix by
Claypoole in the Lenox volume explains the citcurastances of his
acquiring the MS. See dso Inquiry into tke Formation of Washings
ton's FarewellAddress, byHoraceBInney (1859); Winsor, VII: 3 31-3 4.

23         The coraraon council votes to distribute among the charity

'■^ schools and rellgloua aocietlea of tbe city the sura of £944 out of
the money granted by the legialature on April 9, 1795 (j'^O, and
out ot that raiaed by tai in the city for the encourageraent of schools.
A committee is appointed to report to the board the sums to be
granted to each ot the charity schools.—M. C. C. (1784-1831),
II: 281. The committee reported on Oct. 24.—Ibid,, 296. See,
further, N 6, 1797.

The board also resolves to apply to the neit legislahjre "tor
legal provision to establish public Schools in this City."—Ibid.,
U: 281, 296.

26         The common councU ordera that the committee on the subject

of a canal from the CoUect to Hudaon River "be instructed to
confer with the Proprietors ot the Swamp for the obtaining such
Parts thereof as may be required to make the said Canal of tbe
 

Breadth of 40 feet and a Street on each side of the Breadth of 30   Sept.
feet."—M. C. C. (1784-1834), H:  282.                                              26

An engraved postd-route raap of the United States bears this    "
date.   For description, see Addenda.

Jobn B. Coles grants to Gen. Lewis Morris, of Morrisania, 27
"tbe Right of passing the Bridge over the Harlem River [see Je
13], from Harlem to Morrissania, free from any Toll, Imposition
or Molestation whatsoever" from him or from bis heirs, etc. He
adds that" the said Right of passing and using the aforesaid Bridge
shaU eitend to fus Carriage when he is in it, or when employed in
his actual Serrice, and also to his Horses, Cattle and Teams ot
every kind, . . ." This grant raeans tbat Coles rdinqulsbes aU
daim tor Morris's toUs, araounting to about $50 a year. It is
given in consideration of 5 shiUings.—From the original MS. in
N. Y, Hist. Soc,

.Valentine Searaan, M.D. (citing Dr. Bayley's letters), reviewed Oct.
io 1798 the causes ot yeUow fever in New York. "The chief preva- i
lence ot the disease [yeUow fever] in 1796," he said, "seeraed
eridendy fixed where, from our former experience, we ought
reasonably to have eipected it. For no doubt, at that time, the
ndgbbourhood of Whitehall, from the nature ot materials where¬
with a large dock was there filling up, aided by the noisome exhda-
tions, from the exposed bottom of the Exchange-slip at low water,
raust certainly have been rendered the most noxious part of the
city." Other neighbourhoods were dso affected tbat year; tor
example, around the place "where Roosevelt-street drain empties
itadf into an inlet which waa then open quite up to the southeriy
side of Water-street. ..." Dr. Seaman observed that nearly
halt the deaths from this disease in 1796 originated "in a small
part ot East George-street," and that the greater part of the
remainder originated "around and just below the Fly-raarket,"
The southerly part of East George Street, much of which waa
sunken, muddy, and filthy from neglect, is described. The aarae
condition prevails near the Market. "The allps ... on each
aide of tbis central spot, have been ldt, during the sumraer, to be
fortuitously filled up by the free contributions ot the neighbour¬
hood. Hence they have beeorae the coraraon receptacles ot rubbish
and filth ot every description,"—Medicd Repository (1798),
I: 315-25. Two copper-plate engravings, in the same work, show
the docks and streets north and aouth of Wall St. See also Dr.
Bayley's report to Gov. Jay, Dec, 1796.

"Our great buildings make good progress. The [City] Hotel will 2
soon be partly in use and has the finest room I ever saw, large
enough to accommodate tour aetts ot dancers or three hundred
covers at Dinner. Tbe Alras House of two hundred and fifty feet
front and three atoriea ia now alatlng. The Play House [Park
Theatre] ia roofed and the Statea Prison has three hundred men
at work on it. The wharves project everywhere In the North and
East Rivers as tar as Lispenard and Rutgers Sts."—Letter in
Rutberfurd's Fcni/y Records and Events, 171-71. Sec also descrips.
of Pis. 61, 65 and 71,1; 443, 455.

The common councU appoints a committee "to exaraine k 3
report whether the Senate & Assembly Chambera in the City
HaU cannot be so alteted as to make raore Roora tor the accom¬
modation ot the Merabers ot the Legislature whose numbers are
considerably encreased."-M. C, C. (1784-1831), II: 286. The
committee reported next day that the alterations could be made
without much eipense, and the board ordered that this be done.—
Ibid., U: 187.  See N 9.

"Mr. Ricketts has purchased a lot in the rear of the present 7
cbcus [see Je 6, 1793; N 25, 1794], to front Greenwich street, on
which he has planned to erect a most superb edifice, tor the purpose
ot his exhibitions the next season."—Greenleaf s N. Y. Jour.,
O 7, 1796. Tbe new circus opened on March 16, 1797 (q.v.). The
lot was eridendy one of thoae advertised on Feb. 7, 1795 (q.v.), tor
sale on Feb. 26, 1795. ^° anticipation ot the opening, it was men¬
tioned often in the press.—See N. Y. Gas. ©' Gen. Adv., F 25,
Mr 3, 4, 6, 8; Diary, Mr 7, 11; Minerva, Mr 11, 14, 1797, and
other current newspapers.

The common councU orders that tbe city treasurer recdve from    17
the state treasurer tbe raoney wbich the city is entitied to under
the "Act tor the encourageraent ot Schools" (aee Ap 9, 1795)-—
M.C.C. (1784-1831), H: 294.

A committee of the common councU reports favourably on a    "
petition for an additional watch-house in the Seventh Ward, and
states that in their opinion "the raost eUgible Situation for the