[50] Eagle Almanac, 1894.
[51] Corporation Manual, for 1863, compiled by Henry McCloskey, City Clerk.
[52] See [Appendix].
[53] Leffert Lefferts was the first president of the Long Island Bank.
[54] Read by Mr. Ostrander before the Long Island Historical Society, February 1, 1881.
[55] Understood to have originated in the shortening of Rembrandt into Rem.
[56] From compilation in Eagle Almanac, 1892.
[57] The value of hired property is not included for 1890, because it was not reported in 1880.
[58] No inquiry in 1880 relating to "Miscellaneous expenses."
[59] The amount stated represents the "net debt," or the total amount of municipal debt less sinking fund.