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[CONTENTS]
| CHAPTER IX | ||
| BROOKLYN AFTER THE REVOLUTION | ||
| 1784–1810 | ||
| Effect of the British Occupation on Life and Business in the County. Brooklyn particularly disturbed. Town Meetings resumed. The Prison Ships and their Terrible Legacy. Tragedies of the Wallabout. Movement to honor the Dead. Burial of the Remains. The Tammany Enterprise and the Removal of the Bones. Further Removal to Fort Greene. Organization of the Brooklyn Fire Department. The Ferry. The Mail Stage. New Roads. Planning "Olympia." Early Advertisements. Circulating Library and Schools. The Rain-water Doctor. Kings County Medical Society. Flatlands. Gravesend. Flatbush, the County Seat. Mills. Erasmus Hall. New Utrecht. Bushwick, its Church, Tavern, Graveyard, and Mills. The Boundary Dispute. The Beginnings of Williamsburgh. Rival Ferries. "The Father of Williamsburgh" | [1] | |
| CHAPTER X | ||
| BROOKLYN VILLAGE | ||
| 1811–1833 | ||
| Brooklyn during the "Critical Period" in American History. The Embargo and the War of 1812. Military Preparations. Fortifications. Fort Greene and Cobble Hill. Peace. Robert Fulton. The "Nassau's" First Trip. Progress of Fulton Ferry. The Village incorporated. First Trustees. The Sunday-School Union. Long Island Bank. Board of Health. The Sale of Liquor. Care of the Poor. Real Estate. Village Expenses. Guy's Picture of Brooklyn in 1820. The Village of that Period. Characters of the Period. Old Families and Estates. The County Courts removed to Brooklyn. Apprentices' Library. Prisoners at the Almshouse. Growth of the Village. The Brooklyn "Evening Star." Movement for Incorporation as a City. Opposition of New York. Passage of the Incorporation Act | [47] | |
| CHAPTER XI | ||
| THE CITY OF BROOKLYN | ||
| 1834–1860 | ||
| Government of the City. George Hall, first Mayor. Plans for a City Hall. Contention among the Aldermen. Albert G. Stevens and the Clerkship. The Jamaica Railroad. Real Estate. The "Brooklyn Eagle." Walt Whitman. Henry C. Murphy. Brooklyn City Railroad. The City Court established. County Institutions. The Penitentiary. Packer Institute and the Polytechnic. Williamsburgh becomes a City. Progress of Williamsburgh. Mayor Wall and the Aldermen. Discussion of Annexation with Brooklyn. The "Brooklyn Times." Consolidation of the Two Cities. Mayor Hall's Address. Nassau Water Company and the Introduction of Ridgewood Water. Plans for New Court House. Proposal to use Washington Park. County Cares and Expenditures. Metropolitan Police | [80] | |
| CHAPTER XII | ||
| THE PERIOD OF THE CIVIL WAR | ||
| 1861–1865 | ||
| Election of Mayor Kalbfleisch. The Call for Troops. The Militia. Filling the Regiments. Money for Equipment. Rebuking Disloyalty. War Meeting at Fort Greene. Work of Women. The County sends 10,000 Men in 1861. Launching of the Monitor at Greenpoint. The Draft Riots. Colonel Wood elected Mayor. Return of the "Brooklyn Phalanx." The Sanitary Fair. Its Features and Successes. The Calico Ball. Significance of the Fair. The Christian Commission. Action of the Supervisors of the County. The Oceanus Excursion. Storrs and Beecher at Sumter. News of Lincoln's Death. Service of the National Guard. The "Fighting Fourteenth." The Newspapers. Court House finished | [117] | |
| CHAPTER XIII | ||
| BROOKLYN AFTER THE WAR | ||
| 1866–1876 | ||
| Administration of Samuel Booth. Metropolitan Sanitary District created. Cholera. Erie Basin Docks. The County Institutions and their Work. The Gowanus Canal and the Wallabout Improvement. The Department of Survey and Inspection of Buildings. Establishing Fire Limits. Building Regulations. Prospect Park. The Ocean Parkway. The Fire Department. The Public Schools. The East River Bridge. Early Discussion of the Great Enterprise. The Construction begun. Death of Roebling. The Ferries. Messages of Mayor Kalbfleisch. Erection of a Brooklyn Department of Police. Samuel S. Powell again Mayor. A New City Charter. Movement toward Consolidation with New York. Henry Ward Beecher. Frederick A. Schroeder elected Mayor | [132] | |
| CHAPTER XIV | ||
| THE MODERN CITY | ||
| 1877–1893 | ||
| Rapid Transit. James Howell, Jr., elected Mayor. Work on the Bridge. Passage of "Single Head" Bill. John Fiske on the "Brooklyn System." Seth Low elected Mayor. His Interpretation of the "Brooklyn System." Reëlection of Low. Opening of the Bridge. Bridge Statistics. Ferries and Water Front. Erie Basin. The Sugar Industry. Navy Yard. Wallabout Market. Development of the City. Prospect Park. Theatres and Public Buildings. National Guard. Public Schools. Brooklyn Institute. Private Educational Institutions. Libraries. Churches, Religious Societies, Hospitals, and Benevolent Associations. Clubs. Literature, Art, and Music. The Academy of Music. "The City of Homes" | [167] | |
| Appendix | [235] | |
| Index | [271] | |
[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS]
VOLUME II
| Village of Brooklyn in 1816. (From the Village Map of Jeremiah Lott, 1816, and the Map by Poppleton and Lott in 1819, showing Pierrepont and adjacent Estates) | [Frontispiece] | |
| Early Ferry Advertisement. (From Historical Sketch of Fulton Ferry and its Associated Ferries, 1879) | Facing page | [28] |
| Ferry Passage Certificate, 1816 | [40] | |
| Fulton Ferry Boat Wm. Cutting, built in 1827. (From Historical Sketch of Fulton Ferry) | [62] | |
| Guy's Snow Scene in Brooklyn, 1820. (From the Painting owned by the Brooklyn Institute) | [70] | |
| Fac-Simile (same size) of Letter by Walt Whitman in Possession of Charles M. Skinner, Esq., Brooklyn | [90] | |
| Cruiser Brooklyn, built in 1858 | [122] | |
| Statue of Henry Ward Beecher in front of City Hall. (From a Drawing by H. D. Eggleston) | [140] | |
| Statue of J. S. T. Stranahan at the Entrance to Prospect Park. (From a Drawing by H. D. Eggleston) | [180] | |
| Statue of Alexander Hamilton in front of Hamilton Club House | [200] | |
| APPENDIX | ||
| Chart showing East River Soundings and Pier Lines | [262] | |