CHAPTER   Zm.
 

(1769-1776,)
 

Landmarks of Old New Tork—Cixcniar to the Betrayed Inhabitanto of the

City and Colony of New York—Battle of Golden Hill—.

First Beoord of a Boycott

Ab an introduction to thle chapter's part of the chronology here are
twenty-six tntoreating landmarks of old New York for tbe guidance of
the bome student nnd the stranger visitor:

(1) The site of Fort Amsterdam—where the new Custom House now
stands on Bowling Oreen. (2) The site of the flrst babliatlons of white
men on the Island, erected by Adrian Block—No. 41 Broadway. (3) Stuy-
vesant's "White Hall"—No. 73 Pearl street. (4) Stuyveaant's country resi¬
dence—Fourteenth street to Sixteenth street. Fourth' avenue to the East
RlTer. <&) Stuyresant's burial place—SL Mark's Churchyard, Stuyvesant
street and Second avenue, <6) Stuyresant's pear tree—Formerly corner
of Thirteenth street and Third avenue. (7) First church of the Huguenots,
erected in 16^8—Whore the Produce Exchange stands. (8) The flrst house
of worship of the Dutch, erected In 1693—Exchsnge Place. (The haptlemal
bowl made fer this congregation In Holland Is In the Colleglalo Church, at
Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth street.) (9) Where Charlotte Temple
ended her life—On tbe north side of Poll street, west of the Bowery, In one
of two houses painted yellew. (10) William Bradford's (the first printer)
Bhop—No. 51 Pearl street. (II) Socood City Hall—On the site of tbo
Sub-Treasury. (12) Slave market—Foot of Wall street. (13) Tho fash-
lenablo promenade of the old days—The Mall, in the neighborhood of
Trinity Church. (14) The shopping center of the city in 1TC&—Hanover
Square. (IG) Where New Tork's flrst newapaper was issued—The site of
tbe Cotton,Exchange- (16} The Kennedy House, of historic asaoclatton-—
No, 1 Broadway. (IT) Where the n on-importation agreement in opposition
to the Stamp Act was signod in 1766—No. IIB Brosdwsy. (18) Golden
Hill, where the first blood in the War of the Revolution was shed—John
street, near William. (19) Where the flrat Liberty Pole was erected to
commemorate the repeal of the Stamp Act—The site of the Postofilce Build¬
ing. (20) Where Marinua Wlllett captured the arms of the British sol¬
diers—Broad and Beaver streets, (21) Where the Declaration of Inde¬
pendence was read and published—Near the west wing of the present City
Hall. (22) The site of the Middle Dutch Church, dedicated In 1729—
S^utusl Life Building. Nassau. Cedar and Liberty streets. (23) Where
General Washington landed^ on his way to Cambridge to command tbe

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