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(1816 To 1860) By Chas. H. Haswell Originally published 1896 |
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British ammunition and stores which were the cause of the attempted surprise. Coney Island was known only as a favorable though remote place for sea-bathing, with abundant clams in its creek.
The Post-office at this date was at the corner of Garden (Exchange Place) and William streets, on the first floor of a three-story house, in a single room forty feet in length, above which resided the Postmaster, Theodorus Bailey. The entire Southern Mail, enclosed in two bags, was transported from Paulus Hook (Jersey City) in a rowboat. One of the basement rooms of the City Hall, a house in Eldridge Street, and one in Christopher Street, were occupied by the city watchmen, a small band of Argus-eyed guardians of the peace, who were mustered at 6.3o P. M. in the winter and q in summer, and left for their homes soon after daylight. For day service there were a High Constable (Jacob Hays) and but twelve police
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