In the month of June, 1787, on my return from a residence of a few years in France, I arrived in New York, and found it a neglected place, built chiefly of wood, and in a state of prostration and decay. Historical Sketch of Continental Paper Money - Stran 6avtor: Samuel Breck - 1843 - 40 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
| 1846 - 372 strani
...1787, on my return from a residence of a few years in P'rance, I arrived in New York, and found it a neglected place, built chiefly of wood, and in a...the latter end of the war. The ruined walls of the burned houses standing on both sides of the way, testifying to the poverty of the place, five years... | |
| 1846 - 372 strani
...June, 1787, on my return from a residence of a few years in France, I arrived in New York, and found it a neglected place, built chiefly of wood, and in a...by the enemy during the latter end of the war. The rumed walls of the burned houses standing on both sides of the way, testifying to the poverty of the... | |
| Salem Mass, Essex inst - 1859 - 222 strani
...1787. on my return from a residence of a few years in France. I arrived at that eity, and found it a neglected place, built chiefly of wood, and in a state of prostration and decay. Л dozen vessels in port. Broadway, from Trinity Churcri inclusive down to the Battery, in ruins, owing... | |
| Essex Institute - 1859 - 242 strani
...France. I arrived at that city, and found it a neglected place, built chiefly of wood, and in a stale of prostration and decay. A dozen vessels in port. Broadway, from Trinity Choren inclusive down to tho Buttery. in ruins, owing to a fire that had occurred when the city was... | |
| Thomas Edward Vermilye Smith - 1889 - 262 strani
...1787, on my return from a residence of a few years in France, I arrived at that city, and found it a neglected place, built chiefly of wood, and in a...city was occupied by the enemy, during the latter part of the war. The ruined walls of the houses standing on both sides of the way, testifying to the... | |
| Hamilton Wright Mabie - 1912 - 148 strani
...my return from a residence of a few years in France, I arrived at that city [New York] and found it a neglected place, built chiefly of wood, and in a...when the city was occupied by the enemy during the later part of the war—the ruined walls of the houses standing on both sides of the way testifying... | |
| Sean Wilentz - 1986 - 476 strani
...during the Revolution; the merchant Saumel Brcck. on his return from France in the late 1780s, found it "a neglected place, built chiefly of wood, and in a state of prostration and decay."4 Ten years later, the national government had relocated to the pestiferous Potomae, safe from... | |
| Dee Andrews - 2002 - 388 strani
...91,659 residents.28 Growth did not automatically produce grandeur. In the mid- 1780s, New York was still "a neglected place, built chiefly of wood, and in a state of prostration and decay." Noah Webster described parts of lower Manhattan around the Stock Exchange on Broad Street as "recovering... | |
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