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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