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THE ICONOGRAPHY OF MANHATTAN ISLAND
 

1813 tbat doubts prevaU respecting the design and tendency of the
May work you have in hand. The literary productions of Britain and
31 America being interesting to each other, raany are ot opinion, and
I concur in it, that the EngUsh language and its orthography should
be the same in both countriea. Apprehensions have been enter¬
tained tbat your dictionary would tend to Impair that sameness;
and those apprehensions may, to a certain degree, have had
an unfavourable influence."—Corresp. and Pub. Papers qf John
J„y,n: 37,.

A memorial is sent to Washington urging the government to
take immediate further stepa to protect New York Harbour against
attack. Araong the tacts rdated in the memorid arc tbese: "that
hostile Ships of War are at this moment cruising within 25 Miles of
this City and that with a favorable Wind Ships of the line can corae
up to our Wharves in two hours, from the Ocean . . .;" also that
"the nuraber of Men stationed in the different Forta is totally in¬
adequate, and no call has been raade upon the Militia to supply
tbe deficiency: . . . that the iraportant works on Hendricks Red
on the adjoining hdghts of Long Island at Sandy Hook, at the
Battery on tbis Island, k at Fort Ganzevoort are in a very imper¬
fect state—and the paas to this City hy the Sound is entkely unde¬
fended and it ia now weU understood that a Ship of the line can
approach ua in that d[i]rection with very inconsiderable risk as to
the Navigation. . . ."—M. C. C. {1784-1831), VII: 486-87.
The original draft ot this memorial ia In metal fileNo. 48, city derk's

"          The common council agrees that Avenue A ahall be opened from

ihenortherlyaideofNorthSL to the East River.—M.C. C. {1784-
i83i),VU: 487-

"          Alderraan Mesier, from tbe market committee, reports to the

coraraon councU that Washington Market (see Je i, 1812) is not
"in a stale to recdve the Butchers," and It is thereupon ordered
tbat the committee raake "temporary arrangements tor the
Butchera near the Old Hudson Market."—flf. C, C. (1784-1831),
VII; 488, Washington Market was "fully eatabliahed" before
the dose of the year.-—De Voe, Market Book, 407.
June         During thia raonth. Rev. John Stanford, chaplain of the state

—    prison (see My 21, 1812), becarae chaplain also ot several raunlclpd
inatitutions,   the   bridewdl,   Magdalen   bouse,   orphan   asylura,
debtors'  prison,  penitentiary,  lunatic  aaylum, marine  hospital,
and city hospital.—Soraraera, Memoir of Jokn Stanford, 112.
I         The American frigate "Cheaapeake" is captured by the British

ship "Shannon" off Halifai. Capt, Jaraes Lawrence and Lieut.
Augustus Ludlow of the former are mortally wounded during the
engagement.—McMaster, Hisr. of ihe People of the U. 5., I\': 91-
95. See Je4 aod Ag 28.

3          "We understand that the late conduct of the Indians on our
frontiers has been such as to have Induced their red brethren of
tbia city [tbe Tararaany Society] to come to a deterraination to
dissolve the connection between thera. The accounts of the very
ill-behariour of the great cbief Wdk-in-the-water, are so had,
tbat hia near name sake here, Water-Lot, has come to a formd
deterraination, of which he gave notice at the last meeting, to ab¬
jure the Society, unless they would immediately express their de¬
cided disapprobation of the British allies, by discarding tbe custom
ot painting & wearing bear skins on the 4th of July. . . ."—
N. Y. Eve. Post, Je 3, 1813.  See Je 24 and 30.

4          Newa of the engagement between the "Cheaapeake" and the
"Shannon" (aee Je 1) reaches New York.—A^. Y. Spedator, Je 5
and 9, 1813.

5          The Shamrock; or,Hlbernian Chronicle (see D 15, 1810) is sus¬
pended with the iasue of this date. It was revived on June 18,
1814.—-Brigham, A. A. S. Proc. (1917), 492-93; Early Newspapera
II:  428.

7         Robert  Fulton  writes  to  CadwaUader  Colden;   "You  wUl

have the goodness to iraraediately take the necessary measures
for obtaining an injunction to stop the Steam terry boat which
runs from tbe Bear Market to Hoboken,"-Cat, of Fulton MSS,
and documents, sold at Anderson's, April 26-27, 1921, by order
of Mra. A. T. Sutdiffe, item 173. On Aug. 2, John Stevena m-
tormed the common council that he had been prohibited by Fulton
from running steamboats at Hoboken Ferry, and asked tbat horse
boata raight be conaidered an adequate subatitute.—M. C. C.
(I7l4-.l3l), VII: 533.
"          Three payments made by the common council between tbit

dale and Aug. 9 tor fiUing in Collect lots totd ^486.48.—Af. C. C.
 

(17S4-1831), VII: 496, 511, 544. See My 25, 1812, and My 30,
1814.

Danid W. Crocker announces that "Washington HaU, No.
282 Broad-way, New York, Is now opened for the accommodation
of the Public, as a Hotd ... the rooras are spacious and airy,
and the bed-rooms (in a building separate frora the Hotel) are
neat, convenient and retired, with one bed io each room. In the
vicinity of Washington HaU are, the City Hall, and the New
York, Manhattan, Washington, and Sdt-Water-Baths. The Coffee-
Room, in which the Daily Papers will be kept, and which will be
open to the Public, fronts, as weU as the Dinlng-Roora, on Broad¬
way, In the second story of tbe HaU is the most elegant and
apacious Aaserably-Roora in the City, perhapa in the United
" Statea.  .  .   ."—Cam. AdV; Je 12, 1813.

The common council refers lo a committee on aurveye a re¬
monstrance of John B. Coles against "a Bridge k Dam acroit
Hariaem River about to he erected by Rob' MacComb Esq'"
(see Ap 8).—flf. C. C. (1784-1831), VII: 497. On Aug. 9, Robert
Morris, "proprietor ot lands in the County of Westchester in
the vicinity of Devoes Point," presented a raeraorial stating
"that the exclusive priviledges granted by the Legislature to
John B. Coles for hia Bridge acroaa Haerlem River have been in¬
jurioua lo the Petitioner and to the owners of land in that neigh¬
bourhood," and urging thecommon council to approve the proposal
of McComb.—Ji/d., VII: 539. See dso Ibid; VII: 547. See,
further, S 20.

An editorid reads: "The Fourth of July is approaching, when
it is customary for the Tamraany, and sorae other societies in this
city, to wear bucks-tails in their hats, dress themselves like savages,
and iroitate the raanners of the red men of the woods.—These
eihibitions, at all times ridiculous and absurd, will, after tbe
cruelties which have been committed by the Tammany-men of
the wilderness, be little short of criminal,—we hope, therefore,
never to see our city again disgraced by thera,"—N. Y. Eve. Post,
Je 24, 1813.  See Je 3 and 30.

An unsuccessful atterapt is raade by private individuala to
blow up the Britiah fleet off New London.—Com. Adv., Je 28, 29,
and 30, 1813. See alao Guernaey, N. Y. City & Vicinity during
(Ac War 0/1812-15, I: ^79-81-

The Tammany Society announces its preparations for the
cdebration ot Independence Day, and a postscript to the notice
states: "Members wU! be furnished with badges to be worn on
the occasion, at the Society roora, as provided under the new
arrangeraent."—A'a/innflf Advocate, Je 30, 1813. Coraraenting
on this, the Evening Post (see Je 3 and 24) says: "It alwaya gives
us pleasure to see the birthday of our liberty noticed by proper
demonstrations of joy and gratitude: But what gives us the most
satisfaction is to observe by tbe above mentioned notification
that the Tamraany Society are about to abandon tbeir savage
habits; and Intend to celebrate the day with decency and decorum.
In the notification we find none of the unmeaning jargon, which
haa so long disgraced the advertlseraents of the society;—no
Sachem, Winskinski, season of flowers or fruits—no Panther
tribe—Bear tribe—Raccoon nor Skunk tribe. From the N. B.
it appears that the dresses and badges ot the members arc alao
to undergo a change; and we hope under 'the new regulation'
mentioned, the use ot the ridiculous cara, loaded with ferocious
animals, Indian canoes etc, wUl be laid aside. On the wbole we
think there Is now reason to hope our homespun Savages may in
tirae become civilized, and that in future we shall hear no more
of Indian tribes in our cities—It is quite enough to suffer their
cruelties and depredations ih the wUderness-"-iV, Y. Eve. Post,
Je 30, 1813.  See Jl 5 and Ag 9.

The common council agrees to the rccoraraendation that a
sinking fund be estabUahed for the gradual eilinction of the city
debt (see Ap 19); such fund is to be controlled by the mayor, the
recorder, the city treasurer, and the chairman ot the finance com¬
raittee, who shall be denominated "The Commissioners ot tbe
rinking Fund for the redemption of the City Stock," a raajority
of whom shall at any tirae be erapowered to act. The fund ia to
be composed of moneya received for commutation of quit renta;
tor water lot grants issued prior to 1804; for licences of hackney
coaches, pawn brokers, and street vaults; for market fees hereafter
received; for 25% of the net proceeds of all sales of real estate
bdonging to the public; for any surplus arising from sale of tbe
governraent bouse;   and for raoney frora sucb other sources at