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Annals of Staten Island : from its discovery to the present time

  
About this book
 
Source: Original data: Clute, J. J.. Annals of Staten Island : from its discovery to the present time. New York: Press of C. Vogt, 1877.
 
Subjects:   Staten Island (New York, N.Y.) -- History.
Staten Island (New York, N.Y.) -- Genealogy.
New York (State) -- Richmond County -- Staten Island
 
Location:   Staten Island (New York, N.Y.) -- History.
Staten Island (New York, N.Y.) -- Genealogy.
 
Table of Contents
 
Front matter
Title page
Index
Chapter I. Discovery--Verazzano--The first death--Hudson River--Hostages--The first battle--Localities inhabited--Food--Animals
Chapter II. Name--Dimensions--Surface--Climate--Geology--The fur trade--The first English claim--The Dutch take possession--The Brownists
Chapter III. The West India Company--English claims--Arrival of settlers...
Chapter IV. Long Island Indians--Roger Williams--Expedition agains the Staten Island Indians...
Chapter V. Appointment, arrival and character of Stuyvesant--His silver leg...
Chapter VI. A "Hard winter"--Melyns character--His return to America...
Chapter VII. The province wrested from the Dutch by the English--A change of masters...
Chapter VIII. Tradition and legitimate history--Doubts as to the proprietorship of the Island...
Chapter IX. Purchase of the Island in 1670--Indian reservations--De Decker restored to his rights...
Chapter X. Complaints against the sheriff--Census from 1698 to 1771--Slaveholders...
Chapter XI. Gov. Hardy--The Delanceys--Expedition against Louisburg--Gen. Amherst...
Chapter XII. Military value of Staten Island--British take possession of Staten Island...
Chapter XIII. The Tories and Whigs of Staten Island--Submission of Kings County...
Chapter XIV. Lt. Col. Simcoe--His adventures in New Jersey--His capture--Negotiations for peace...
Chapter XV. Capt. Hylers adventures--Nathaniel Robbins--The Prall families robbed...
Chapter XVI. The Quarantine--Murders
Back matter
Appendix "A." Civil list, &c.
Appendix "B." Extracts from old records, &c.
Appendix "C." Anecdotes, &c.
Appendix "D." Government
Appendix "E." Staten Island 200 years ago
Appendix "F." Villages
Appendix "G." Noted localities
Appendix "H." Hospitals, beneficent institutions, &c.
Appendix "I." Churches
Appendix "J." Biographies
Appendix "K." Industries &c.
Appendix "L." Old families
Appendix "M." Miscellaneous
Appendix "N." Notes

   
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