Watson, John,1685-1768; Watson, Abigail, 1746 or 1747-1774; Watson family; Real property--New Jersey; Real property--New York (State)--New York; Agriculture--New Jersey; Agriculture--New York (State)
Notebook, 1772-1774, of Alexander Watson. Contains receipts, lists of deeds and properties, and a note of a lease assigned to him in New York to build a church; notes on taxes; excerpts from A new system of agriculture, by a Country Gentleman, with...
The Street Cleaning Department was censured for neglecting to remove ashes from the streets of Brooklyn. A resolution was adopted to complain to Mayor Van Wyck about the Commissioner of Street Cleaning.
Residents of the twenty-third ward are upset with Joseph McGarry because of his failure to "remove ashes from the front of their houses for several days."
Erie Canal; New York (State); Land sale; Advertisement.
Advertisment for New York Canal Lands on Sale that appeared on March 6, 1824 in the New-York American. Two hundred thousand acres were offered for sale on or near the intended route of the Erie Canal, anticipating accessibility by water "as soon as...