Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 13842-h.htm or 13842-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/3/8/4/13842/13842-h/13842-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/3/8/4/13842/13842-h.zip) Here the history of New York City is told as a story, in few words. The effort has been to make it accurate and interesting. The illustrations are largely from old prints and wood engravings. Few dates are used. Instead, a Table of Events has been added which can readily be referred to. The Index to Chapters also gives the years in which the story of each chapter occurs.…
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