New York City
I love NYC. Which is odd because I’m not always a fan of crowds or people in general, but there’s something about the energy of the city that is almost contagious. I think one of the things about New York that fascinates me so much is the amount of growth it had in such a short period of time. The humble beginnings of New York are pretty well documented thanks books like:
Brief Description OF NEW-YORK: Formerly Called New-Netherlands. With the Places thereunto Adjoyning. Together with the Manner of its Scituation, Fertility of the Soyle, Healthfulness of the Climate, and the Commodities thence produced. ALSO
Some Direªions and Advice to such as shall go thither: An Account of what Commodities they shall take with them; The Profit and Pleasure that may accrew to them thereby. LIKEWISE A Brief RELATION of the Customs of the Indians there. By D A N I E L D E N T O N. Published in 1670.
Mr. Denton writes in detail about the landscape and people of the New York coast, calling Long Island a fine plain with great grass (literal) and commenting on the plethora of plants and animals. Timber, oaks, walnut trees, birch, holly, deer, bear, wolves, foxes, skunks, and of course pigeons.
Daniel seemed to be torn on the topic of the Native Americans on Long Island and New York as he speaks firstly of their hobbies (football and cards) and that the few left are “no ways hurtful but rather serviceable to the English, and it is to be admired…” However, he then goes on to say that their numbers decreased due to the “Hand of God” and that the “Divine Hand makes way for them (the English), by removing or cutting off the Indians, either by Wars one with the other, or by some raging mortal Disease.” He also notes that the Native Americans thoroughly enjoy their drink, but only if they can get fully intoxicated, and then sometimes they have a little rumble and kill each other.
Lets condense the history of one of America’s oldest and most important cities:
In 1664, the Brits yoinked New Amsterdam from the Dutch. The population grew steadily, with a wide variety of immigrants pouring in. Then in the 1760s people started to hate Britain in the U.S. pretty much everywhere, and especially in NYC. Like the rebellious teen it is, NYC was grounded and controlled by the British as a military base in 1783. Fast forward: the war is won, and NYC is getting its bearings when, thanks to its coastline, bays, and completion of the Erie Canal, it becomes the trading capital of the U.S. It also loses its title of the nation’s capital thanks to a mutual agreement between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson to move the capital to DC (as they said “wouldn’t you like to live a little closer to home?”).
NYC Points of Lore
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