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From the painting by L.W. Seavey.

THE STADT HUYS 8

BROAD STREET, 1642 30

KING'S COLLEGE, ABOUT 1773 42

THE DEBTORS' PRISON 48

WILLIAM SMITH }
PETER STUYVESANT }
PHILIP FRENEAU } 60
THOMAS PAINE }
JOEL BARLOW }

THE FIRST TAMMANY WIGWAM, CORNER NASSAU AND
SPRUCE STREETS 70

MAP OF STREETS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN 1827 76

JAMES KIRKE PAULDING }
PHILIP HONE }
WASHINGTON IRVING } 100
JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE }
FITZ-GREENE HALLECK }
J. FENIMORE COOPER }

THE PARK THEATRE, PARK ROW, 1831 136

RICHARD HENRY STODDARD }
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON }
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT } 150
BAYARD TAYLOR }
EDGAR ALLAN POE }
ROBERT FULTON }

POE'S COTTAGE AT FORDHAM 158
From a drawing by C.W. Mielatz, by permission.
Copyright, 1899, by The Society of Iconophiles.

THE BATTERY IN 1830 164
From a drawing by C. Burton.

THE APOLLO ROOMS IN 1830 170

VIEW OF OLD BUILDINGS IN WILLIAM STREET,
LOOKING TOWARDS MAIDEN LANE, 1800 182

W.D. HOWELLS }
J.G. HOLLAND }
RICHARD GRANT WHITE } 200
BRANDER MATTHEWS }
WILLIAM WINTER }
From an engraving of the picture by J.H. Marble;
courtesy of W.E. Benjamin.

Illustrations in the Text

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SEAL OF NEW AMSTERDAM 1

EARLY DUTCH HOUSES 2

THE WALL AND GATE 5

AN OLD FAMILY BIBLE 6

STUYVESANT'S "WHITEHALL" 8

ALONG THE STRAND 9

DE SILLE'S HOUSE 14

A WOMAN'S COSTUME, NEW AMSTERDAM 16

STUYVESANT'S BOUWERIE HOUSE 20

THE CHURCH IN THE FORT 21