Guest - New York Commercial Tercentenary

[Appointment of Hardinge Scholle to the Mayor's Committee for the commemoration of the Golden Jubilee of the City of New York.]

The Commercial Tercentenary of New York 1614-1914

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The Merchants Association of New York. Reception Committee Annual Banquet

Morrison's Cheap Store 186 & 188 Greenwich St., New York.

J. C. Morrison & Son Nos. 186 & 188 Greenwich Street.

Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Founding of the Board of Aldermen, 1665

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[Tontine Coffee House, Wall and Water Streets, New York, 1797.]

Tompkinsville, Staten Island, N.Y.

Brooklyn in 1820 -- From Guy's Painting, Now in the Possession of the Brooklyn Institute.

In 1689 Governor Nicholson fled from New York, and Jacob Leisler assumed the reigns of government. In 1691 Leisler was hanged as a traitor, but later the stigma was officially removed.

"New Amsterdam becomes New York" - The English captured New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664 and re-named it New York in honor of the Duke of York.

In 1689 Governor Nicholson fled from New York, and Jacob Leisler assumed the reigns of government. In 1691 Leisler was hanged as a traitor, but later the stigma was officially removed.