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Title: History of New York City : embracing an outline sketch of events from 1609 to 1830, and a full account of its development from 1830 to 1884
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891
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Publisher: New York : Perine Engraving and Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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and fascinating conversation, while GeneralPutnam, with a detachment of the Continental army, flying from themenaced city of New York, made good his retreat to the1 main army,encamped on Harlem Heights. The Chamber of Commerce maintained its organization and heldmeetings pretty regularly during the later portion of the stirring periodof.the Revolution. Its sessions ended in May, 1775, but on the 21st ofdune, 177!*, such of its members (mostly Tories) who remained in thecity met in the Merchants Coffee-1 louse, corner of Wall and Waterstreets, and with the consent of the British commandant renewed thesessions of the Chamber. Its operations were chiefly directed to aidingthe military governor in municipal affairs, such as regulating the pricesof provisions, the rates for carmens services, and also for the encourage-ment of privateering, by assistance in recruiting for that service underthe proclamations of the British admirals. John Alsop,Henry White, Philip Livingston,James McEvers.,r
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FIRST DECADE, 1830-1840. 209 In 1770 Mr. Cruger retired from the presidency. His successors inthe office until the return of peace were Hugh Wallace, Elias Des-brosses, Henry White, Theophylact Bache, William Walton, and Isaac-Low. The act of reincorporation passed the Legislature of New Yorkon April 13, 178-1. The corporators named were Samuel Broome,Jeremiah Piatt, John Broome, Benjamin Ledyard, Thomas Randall,Robert Bowne, Daniel Phoenix, Jacob Morris, Eliphalet Brush, JamesJarvis, John Blagge, Viner Van Zandt, Stephen Sayre, Jacobus VanZandt, Nathaniel Hazard, Abraham P. Lott, Abraham Duryee, WilliamMalcolm, John Alsop, Isaac Sears, James Beekman, Abraham Lott,Comfort Sands, Joseph Blackwell, Joshua Sands, Lawrence Embree,George Embree, Gerardus Duyckinck, Jr., Cornelius Ray, AnthonyGriffiths, Thomas Tucker, John Berrian, Isaac Roosevelt, John Frank-lin, John II. Kip, Henry II. Kip, Archibald Currie, David Currie, and.1«tnathan Lawrence. The descendants of most of these men who r

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