Notes Geographical and Historical, Relating to the Town of Brooklyn in Kings County on Long-IslandGood Press, 18. dec. 2019 - 229 strani Notes Geographical and Historical, Relating to the Town of Brooklyn in Kings County on Long-Island is an essay by Gabriel Furman. Furman was an American attorney, historian and politician from New York. Excerpt: "This town is situated in Kings County, on the west end of Long-Island, in the State of New-York. It is bounded north by the City and County of New-York; east by the township of Bushwick; south by the township of Flatbush and New Utrecht; and west by New-York Bay; and contains the village of Brooklyn, which is about a mile square. This town formerly composed part of a powerful Indian Sachemdom; and with the other parts of the Island bore the Indian name of Matowcas. This part of the Island, as far as Jamaica was inhabited by the Canarsee tribe of Indians. The old Dutch inhabitants in this county have a tradition, that the Canarsee Indians were subject to the Mohawks, as all the Iroquois were called; and paid them an annual tribute of dried clams and wampum. When the Dutch settled here, they persuaded the Canarsees to keep back the tribute; in consequence of which a party of the Mohawks came down and killed their tributaries wherever they met them." |
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abovesaid aforesaid Aldermen and Commonalty appointed April assigns forever Bill bounds and limitts Breucklyn Bushwick Canarsee charter Church City of New-York Clerk colony Commissioners common lands Compiler confirmed congregation Constable Corporation of New-York Court of Sessions cutt Dutch East River elected erected ffor ffrom Flatbush freeholders and inhabitants Fulton-street granted Gravesend Hanse Hansen heirs and successors Hendrick highway Indians inhabitants of Brooklyn Island Jacob Janse John Doughty Joshua Sands Justices Kings County land and premises landing place Lefferts Legislature Long-Island lotts low water mark lying Machiell Majesty’s MATHIAS NICOLLS Mayor Nassau New-Utrecht old ferry overseers patent Patrick Scanlan persons Peter province of New-York Rapalje Red Hook Remsen Richard Nicolls royal highness Solinus successors and assigns Table of Contents thereof Thomas town of Brooklyn township of Brookland Trustees unto Vechte Victor Hirtzler village of Brooklyn William Kieft woods