The history of New York City is told as a story, in few words. It begins with Henry Hudson's discovery of Manhattan in 1609. And it finishes in 1898 when the island of Manhattan becomes the Borough of Manhattan of Greater New York. (Summary by Guero.)
01 - Preface and Chapter I - The Adventures of Henry Hudson02 - Chapter II - The First Traders on the Island03 - Chapter III - Peter Minuit, First of the Dutch Governors04 - Chapter IV - Walter Van Twiller, Second of the Dutch Governors05 - Chapter V - William Kieft and the War with the Indians06 - Chapter VI - Peter Stuyvesant, the Last of the Dutch Governors07 - Chapter VII - New York Under the English and the Dutch08 - Chapter VIII - Something About the Bolting Act09 - Chapter IX - The Stirring Times of Jacob Leisler10 - Chapter X - The Sad End of Jacob Leisler11 - Chapter XI - Governor Fletcher and the Privateers12 - Chapter XII - Containing the True Life of Captain Kidd13 - Chapter XIII - Lord Cornbury makes Himself very Unpopular14 - Chapter XIV - Lord Lovelace and Robert Hunter15 - Chapter XV - Governor Burnet and the French Traders16 - Chapter XVI - The Trial of Zenger, the Printer17 - Chapter XVII - Concerning the Negro Plot18 - Chapter XVIII - The Tragic Death of Sir Danvers Osborne19 - Chapter XIX - The Beginning of Discontent20 - Chapter XX - The Story of the Stamp Act21 - Chapter XXI - The Beginning of Revolution22 - Chapter XXII - Fighting the Tax on Tea23 - Chapter XXIII - The Sons of Liberty at Turtle Bay24 - Chapter XXIV - The War of the Revolution25 - Chapter XXV - A Battle on Long Island26 - Chapter XXVI - The British Occupy New York27 - Chapter XXVII - The Battle of Harlem Heights28 - Chapter XXVIII - The British Fail to Sweep Everything Before Them29 - Chapter XXIX - New York a Prison House30 - Chapter XXX - After the War31 - Chapter XXXI - The First President of the United States32 - Chapter XXXII - The Welcome to George Washington33 - Chapter XXXIII - Concerning the Tammany Society and Burr's Bank34 - Chapter XXXIV - More about Hamilton and Burr35 - Chapter XXXV - Robert Fulton Builds a Steam-Boat36 - Chapter XXXVI - The City Plan37 - Chapter XXXVII - The Story of the Erie Canal38 - Chapter XXXVIII - The Building of the Croton Aqueduct39 - Chapter XXXIX - Professor Morse and the Telegraph40 - Chapter XL - The Greater New York41 - Table of Events
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