Valentine, D. T. History of the City of New York

(New York :  G.P. Putnam,  1853.)

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APPENDIX.
 

DESCRIPTIVE   PARTS   OF   EARLY   GRANTS   AND   DEEDS   ON   THIS  ISLAND,
SPECIFYING   THE  LOCALITIES   TO   WHICH   THEY   APPLIED.

1637.    " Land near Sapokanilian," afterward Grreenwicfi, in tlie present

Nintti Ward.

1638.    " Land behind Corlear's fand," at Harlem.

1639.    " Land in tlie ' Smitli's Vafley,'" present Pearl street, near Beelc-

man street.
"        ' Land at the little brook, called the Old Wreck," on the East
river side.

1641.    " Land betwixt the two creeks, where the water is running over

the stones"—^unknown.
"       " Land in the Smith's Valley," present Pearl street, near Fulton
street.

1642.    " Land on the East river, near the brook," in the vicinity of the

present Eoosevelt street.

1643.    " Lot east of the fort," on the present Bridge street.

" " Lot on the shore of the East river, east of the fort," at the
present Hanover square.

" " Lot south-east of the fort, along the river," the present Pearl
street, near Broad street.

" " Lot north of the fort," the present west side of Broadway, oppo¬
site the Bowling Green.

" " Lot on the east side of the great highway," the present east side
of Broadway, below Exchange place.

"      " Lot in the Smith's Valley," present Pearl street, near Fulton.

" " Lot on the great highway," on Broadway, near the Bowling
Green.
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