Image: Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years (1842) (14767524654)

Description: Identifier: manualofcorporat00innewy (find matches) Title: Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years .. Year: 1842 (1840s) Authors: New York (N.Y.). Common Council Willis, Samuel J Valentine, D. T. (David Thomas) 1801-1869 Shannon, Joseph Hardy, John Subjects: Publisher: New York : The Council Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: edfrom hence the 5th. of January last, bound for Jamaica : About12 Days after he left Sandy Hook, he met with a violent North-Wind, which obliged him to lay too ; and on the 21st o^ January,the Gale ceasing, he found himself close aboard the North Sideof Hispaniola, when a stark Calm ensued, and the Vessel wasdrove ashore by the Violence of the SurfF, close under a Cliff,about 15 Leagues to Leeward of Cape Francois ; the People withthe utmost Difficulty of their Lives, just escaped to Shore, andthe Vessel in a few Minutes was dashd all to Pieces. When theyfound themselves going ashore, they let go all their Anchors, andused all other Methods possible to save their Vessel, but havingso little Command of her, they found themselves obliged to sub-mit. Thus the famous Hester, who, while a Privateer, broughtmany Frenchmens Bones against their Wills into New York;was providentially obliged to leave her Bones on a French Coast.~N. Y. Gazette, Eevived in tlwWeekly Post Boy, June 8, 1752. ;??? Text Appearing After Image: 8 X W E H -4 H Pi W^ < % E^ i-Z ^5 1— 1« <c ; <C r^ (^ m». 713 Lost on Wednesday Evening last, a Gold-headed Cane, markedM. G. in a Cypher, with a black Silk String in it, and a littlePiece of the Cane is scaled off: Whoever brings the said Cane tothe Subscriber, shall have a Pistole Reward, and no Questionsaskd by Moses Gomez. —Ibid. New York, July 6.—Last Wednesday, being the Day apijointedfor the Consecration of St Georges Chapel, lately erected in thisCity, the Rector, Assistant, Church Wardens and Vestry, ofTrinity Church, pssembled at the Vestry Room, in the CharitySchool House ; where they were met by some of the Town andneighbouring Clergy, and other Gentlemen of Distinction ; fromwhence (attended by fifty two Charity SchoUars) they went in.Procession as far as the City Hall, when they were joined by theMayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Common Council. They all pro-ceeded, with great Regularity and Decorum, to the Chapel, whereDivine Service was performed, and the Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years (1842) (14767524654)
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