CONTENTS

PREFACE      ..............       5

CIUFfER l—tIOO0-IO84}—Court of AB>i.:c*; The Fir<t MAyor; Thi^ First
Tai; The First Kjglit Watch; i^>;<jnnitig of Properly Coademnation and
Street Paving;  Religiou* Fcr\-or of the HuguenotA.....II

CHAPTER II—|ia&MC04)'lTi[roductLOn of the ^tgro; ^tgro Plots; Tobacco
Cuttivatiori; RuLiglDiin Dl^>fcniiJon-; Worahlp by Jtwt, Not Allowed: "Id-
\ittfrfl Lo FuiurAlfl": Duckiii-Slool Sut Up.......1^

ClLArTFJt III—(1G04-17OOJ—Uld ^"^^^* York tht' Flour CLiy; Ffrat E|)i*«>pttl
Place of U'orRhIp; Fit«t City Hall; V'trtit Ua'pllul; Sinrt of Shlphuil lin;-
Industry; First Lighting Sy«tcm; I^aw (o ''IIaji;.' Popish Priwt^"                     la

CHAPTER rv—flTOlMTn)—tIroln;:ip nj'i[ory of S>w York: Beginning of llir
Dc VeyMcT Fortune; "Thr CtphI Sickiip*-"; T]-'- Firsl Sehoolmaster; Pr&i-
4-ritalLon of Klng^s Farm to Trinity;  Firr«t Uccnard Auctioneer ...      £3

CHAPTER V—n~n-IT2D)—Finit Poundkecper and Scavenger^ Heathrate
Hall; HomR for Faupern; Fir^it Public Clock; Ropewalk Ksublifihed; Fimt
Pre<hyi riiin Church; Iri*h Tiihcr introdUCTrdi Fir-'l Tas Law; The *"N>w
York f:"Mlte*'            ............£0

CHAPTER VI—(1730-1734)—Kir*t Court of Common P1ea«; First Fire De-
partiTJOJit: The "New York W.tkly Journnl"; First Criminal libel Ca^".
Stage Between Boston aad N'l^w York........^1

CHAPTER Vn—(1734-1745)—Quakei^ (Granted Right to Vote; Fini Poor-
house; Law Regarding Riding on ShafU or Cart; Gaming Houiu-<i De-
nounced by r_aw; Founding of Now Ycrk Sociflty IJbrary   ....     37

CHAPTKE! yni—(1746<I753)—Cfty Omdab Wutched the Drawing of Govern-
ment l^tterie?; Firat Reward tor Firemen; Erection of Firitt Theatre;
Origin of Puldie F^ehanges; GoTeni'>r Oabome SuccMdi Clinton and luUfi
Himself..............41

CHAPTER IX—(1753-ITC3)—Old Burial Plaeea; Founding and Early Annali
of King's College; Msgnirictnt Home of a Merchant Prince; First Staten
Island Ferry; St, Andrew's Society EaUhliihed; The Deblois' Jojl .             45

CHAPTER X—(1T-^D-17G5)—Sod«tj for the Encourpgcmt^nt of FaHbfnl Do-
meetk Servant* Organiied; Development of Chatham Street; I^rit Bap-
U«t Church; law Regulating Price of Meat; Sandy Hook UghthouM              A)