1799
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Jun 5, 1799 - NEW YORK, 5 June, 1799. MY DEAR SIR : ... I have nothing new that is worth communicating. Our little navy is increasing. In a day or two we shall have a ship launched that is building for Valentine Morris, one of the sons of the late General Morris. In ...NEW YORK, 5 June, 1799. MY DEAR SIR : ... I have nothing new that is worth communicating. Our little navy is increasing. In a day or two we shall have a ship launched that is building for Valentine Morris, one of the sons of the late General Morris. In the Fall, the forty four gun ship now building at Corlear's Hook will be ready for sea. Our seventy fours also are getting on the stocks, and we shall in the course of the next year be in possession of a respectable naval ...
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1802
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1802 - In 1802, Richard Woodhull, spurred by the idea of creating a residential suburb of Manhattan, began a ferry service from present-day Metropolitan Avenue in Brooklyn to Corlear's Hook on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
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1804
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1804 - Stevens family owned nearly all of the land in that neighbourhood, and founded the city of Hoboken in 1804. John Stevens — Colonel Stevens — built the steamship Phoenix, the first vessel depending entirely upon steam propulsion to cross the Atlantic. The first ...Stevens family owned nearly all of the land in that neighbourhood, and founded the city of Hoboken in 1804. John Stevens — Colonel Stevens — built the steamship Phoenix, the first vessel depending entirely upon steam propulsion to cross the Atlantic. The first steamer that crossed the ocean was the Savannah, built at Corlear's Hook, New York City; but she relied partly upon sail power. A century ago the woods of Weehawken were the scene of one of the most significant and famous ...
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1806
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Dec 1806 - Upon his arrival in America from England in December, 1806, after a voyage of two months from Falmouth, Fulton immediately devoted himself to his several projects. The winter was passed in the construction of the American boat, which he called the Clermont in ...Upon his arrival in America from England in December, 1806, after a voyage of two months from Falmouth, Fulton immediately devoted himself to his several projects. The winter was passed in the construction of the American boat, which he called the Clermont in gracious recognition of the hospitality which he had enjoyed at Chancellor Livingston's country-place of that name on the Hudson. He engaged Charles Brownne, a shipbuilder of note, whose yards were at Corlear's Hook on the ...
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1807
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1807 - Among them were such masters of the art as Cheeseman, Webb, Vail, Westervelt, McKay, and Charles Brownne, whose yard at Corlear's Hook built Robert Fulton's first successful steamboat, in 1807. The skill and daring of these early marine architects soon brought ...New York was not only an enterprising port but a center of great shipbuilders, most of whose yards stretched along the East River north of South Street. Among them were such masters of the art as Cheeseman, Webb, Vail, Westervelt, McKay, and Charles Brownne, whose yard at Corlear's Hook built Robert Fulton's first successful steamboat, in 1807. The skill and daring of these early marine architects soon brought New York to the forefront of international commerce, a position ...
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1810
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1810 - He must have been very successful in business, for in 1810 we find he purchased in the immediate vicinity of his yard, "on the banks of the East River near a place called Corlears Hook" a plot of about 150 ft. x 200 ft. for thirteen thousand dollars, and about ...He must have been very successful in business, for in 1810 we find he purchased in the immediate vicinity of his yard, "on the banks of the East River near a place called Corlears Hook" a plot of about 150 ft. x 200 ft. for thirteen thousand dollars, and about the same time six lots on Scammel street for $4370. He was considered one of the solid men of the vicinity. The beach of this water front on Corlears Hook was the most used for bathing purposes of any on the east side of ...
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1811
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1811 - He estab- lished a,'ferry from Corlears Hook, and sold a few lots. But he did little else, excepting to fail in 1811. Thomas Morrell, of Newtown, had mean- while laid out twenty-eight acres to the eastward, between North Second and South First streets, and ...He estab- lished a,'ferry from Corlears Hook, and sold a few lots. But he did little else, excepting to fail in 1811. Thomas Morrell, of Newtown, had mean- while laid out twenty-eight acres to the eastward, between North Second and South First streets, and dubbed his place Yorkton. He likewise start- ed a ferry from the foot of Grand street to Corlears Hook. Yorkton was the more prosperous for years, but finally WoodhuU's ferry was benefited by the opening of tm'npikes to it.
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1812
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May 1812 - Early in May, 1812, the common council received a letter from Col. Williams about southeast point of Corlear's Hook, near the junction of Corlear and Front streets. As the United States government was.
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1813
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1813 - The present Washington Market- house was erected and opened in 1813. There were two ferries to Brooklyn, one from FI3' Market Slip near the foot of Maiden Lane, and the other from Catherine Slip ; one to Paulus Hook, now Jersej- City ; one to Elizabethtown ...The present Washington Market- house was erected and opened in 1813. There were two ferries to Brooklyn, one from FI3' Market Slip near the foot of Maiden Lane, and the other from Catherine Slip ; one to Paulus Hook, now Jersej- City ; one to Elizabethtown Point ; and another to Staten Island. The ship-yards were between Catherine street and Corlaer's Hook and between Corlear's Hook and Stan- ton street, in the part of the town then called Manhattan Island, and ...
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1818
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1818 - The system of rewards and discipline occupied the special attention of the board during a part of the year, and the report of the committee to whom that subject had been assigned was submitted at the first meeting held in 1818. During the latter part of the year, the ...The system of rewards and discipline occupied the special attention of the board during a part of the year, and the report of the committee to whom that subject had been assigned was submitted at the first meeting held in 1818. During the latter part of the year, the residents in that section of the city known as Corlear's Hook presented a petition for the establishment of a free school in their vicinitybut the trustees were unable to comply with the application.
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1818 - Scarborough, of Savannah, Ga. At fir.st .she was intended to be used as a .sailing packet between New York and Havre, France. The keel was laid in 1818, and the vessel was launched Augu.st 22 of the same year. While the Sa' annah stood upon the stocks she ...The Savannah was a full-rigged ship of 350 tons burthen, and was built at Corlear's Hook, New York, by Francis Fickett and David Crocker, from designs of Wm. Scarborough, of Savannah, Ga. At fir.st .she was intended to be used as a .sailing packet between New York and Havre, France. The keel was laid in 1818, and the vessel was launched Augu.st 22 of the same year. While the Sa' annah stood upon the stocks she attracted the attention of Capt. Moses Rogers, who had been ...
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Aug 22, 1818 - According to the New York Custom House records, he measurements were: length, 98 ½ feet; beam, 26 feet, depth of hold, 14 ½ feet; tonnage, 319. Prior to her launching on August 22, 1818, she was purchased by Scarborough & Isaacs of Savannah, on behalf of ...The "Savannah," a full-rigged wooden sailing ship built in New York at the Corlear's Hook yards of Crocker & Fickett, was originally intended for a New York and Havre packet. According to the New York Custom House records, he measurements were: length, 98 ½ feet; beam, 26 feet, depth of hold, 14 ½ feet; tonnage, 319. Prior to her launching on August 22, 1818, she was purchased by Scarborough & Isaacs of Savannah, on behalf of themselves and a group of local shipping men ...
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1819
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1819 - In 1819, the Savannah, an American vessel of 380 tons burden, built at Corlear's Hook, NY, made the first steam voyage across the Atlantic. The steamer went from New York to Savannah, Ga., and thence to England. From England she proceeded to St. Petersburg ...In 1819, the Savannah, an American vessel of 380 tons burden, built at Corlear's Hook, NY, made the first steam voyage across the Atlantic. The steamer went from New York to Savannah, Ga., and thence to England. From England she proceeded to St. Petersburg, Russia, where an effort was made to dispose of her to the czar. The sale not being consummated, she returned to New York, and was afterwards converted into a sailing vessel.
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1820
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1820 - Corlears Hook in 1820, The Wagnerian cult, and Our manners - Hawkins, Rush C. (Rush Christopher), 1831-1920 Keywords: Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883; Corlears Hook (New York, NY); New York (NY) -- Social life and customs.
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1826
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Feb 25, 1826 - Four hundred feet in width of the land under water from low water mark, was, in like manner, granted to the corporation by the act of February 25, 1826, chapter 58, from the above- mentioned point four miles north of Bestaver's Killetjie, or near Charlton street.Four hundred feet in width of the land under water from low water mark, was, in like manner, granted to the corporation by the act of February 25, 1826, chapter 58, from the above- mentioned point four miles north of Bestaver's Killetjie, or near Charlton street. Thence extending northerly " along the easterly shore of said river to Spuyten Duyvil creek or Harlem river,'' and the like four hundred feet from low water mark along the north-easterly shore of the East river or sound ...
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1827
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1827 - The settlements which grew up about these two ferries, along with all the territory between Broadway and Newtown Creek, took the name of Williamsburgh, and in 1827 received incorporation as a village.A ferry at the same time was established to Corlear's Hook, where now is the foot of Grand Street, on Manhattan Island. A little later Thomas Morrell, of Newtown, bought a tract of land centering about the foot of the present Grand Street, Brooklyn, and also established a ferry to Corlear's Hook. The settlements which grew up about these two ferries, along with all the territory between Broadway and Newtown Creek, took the name of Williamsburgh, and in 1827 received ...
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1830
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1830 - Circa 1830, Benjamin with sons Samuel and Benjamin Jr. started a shipyard in Williamsburg by Caylaer's Street, but initially lived at 735 Water Street, NYC, then at Corlear's Hook, NYC, then later in Greenpoint.
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1833
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1833 - The first tenements in the city were erected near Corlear's Hook in 1833, and Irish immigrants settled in the northern section along the Bowery. Kleindeutschland developed north of Houston Street in the 1840s.
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1835
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Sep 25, 1835 - The "New York Transcript" of 25 September 1835, contains an interesting report of a police court hearing in which a woman of ill repute is called a hooker because she “hangs around the hook," or Corlear's Hook, a notorious waterfront area of Brooklyn known for ...The "New York Transcript" of 25 September 1835, contains an interesting report of a police court hearing in which a woman of ill repute is called a hooker because she “hangs around the hook," or Corlear's Hook, a notorious waterfront area of Brooklyn known for it's houses of prostitution frequented by sailors and possibly a govenor or two, a mayor, a couple of city councilmen, who knows. Anyway, Corlear's Hook later became known as Red Hook. So guess where I'm headed next week?
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