Story of Manhattan

by Charles Hemstreet

41 chapters3h 44mEnglish1901

About this book

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.)

Chapters (41)

101 - Preface and Chapter I - The Adventures of Henry Hudson

518

202 - Chapter II - The First Traders on the Island

416

303 - Chapter III - Peter Minuit, First of the Dutch Governors

367

404 - Chapter IV - Walter Van Twiller, Second of the Dutch Governors

354

505 - Chapter V - William Kieft and the War with the Indians

622

606 - Chapter VI - Peter Stuyvesant, the Last of the Dutch Governors

532

707 - Chapter VII - New York Under the English and the Dutch

298

808 - Chapter VIII - Something About the Bolting Act

338

909 - Chapter IX - The Stirring Times of Jacob Leisler

307

1010 - Chapter X - The Sad End of Jacob Leisler

322

1111 - Chapter XI - Governor Fletcher and the Privateers

269

1212 - Chapter XII - Containing the True Life of Captain Kidd

514

1313 - Chapter XIII - Lord Cornbury makes Himself very Unpopular

224

1414 - Chapter XIV - Lord Lovelace and Robert Hunter

326

1515 - Chapter XV - Governor Burnet and the French Traders

326

1616 - Chapter XVI - The Trial of Zenger, the Printer

293

1717 - Chapter XVII - Concerning the Negro Plot

270

1818 - Chapter XVIII - The Tragic Death of Sir Danvers Osborne

296

1919 - Chapter XIX - The Beginning of Discontent

322

2020 - Chapter XX - The Story of the Stamp Act

360

2121 - Chapter XXI - The Beginning of Revolution

275

2222 - Chapter XXII - Fighting the Tax on Tea

322

2323 - Chapter XXIII - The Sons of Liberty at Turtle Bay

226

2424 - Chapter XXIV - The War of the Revolution

273

2525 - Chapter XXV - A Battle on Long Island

325

2626 - Chapter XXVI - The British Occupy New York

361

2727 - Chapter XXVII - The Battle of Harlem Heights

135

2828 - Chapter XXVIII - The British Fail to Sweep Everything Before Them

352

2929 - Chapter XXIX - New York a Prison House

413

3030 - Chapter XXX - After the War

317

3131 - Chapter XXXI - The First President of the United States

218

3232 - Chapter XXXII - The Welcome to George Washington

236

3333 - Chapter XXXIII - Concerning the Tammany Society and Burr's Bank

429

3434 - Chapter XXXIV - More about Hamilton and Burr

217

3535 - Chapter XXXV - Robert Fulton Builds a Steam-Boat

226

3636 - Chapter XXXVI - The City Plan

228

3737 - Chapter XXXVII - The Story of the Erie Canal

337

3838 - Chapter XXXVIII - The Building of the Croton Aqueduct

269

3939 - Chapter XXXIX - Professor Morse and the Telegraph

309

4040 - Chapter XL - The Greater New York

107

4141 - Table of Events

611

Story of Manhattan

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