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Vor 3 Tagen · In 1686, when the area was still a wilderness, New York's colonial governor, Thomas Dongan, designated the area now known as Bryant Park as a public space. George Washington 's troops crossed the area while retreating from the Battle of Long Island in 1776.
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Vor einem Tag · Albany was formally chartered as a municipality by provincial Governor Thomas Dongan on July 22, 1686. The Dongan Charter was virtually identical in content to the charter awarded to the city of New York three months earlier. Dongan created Albany as a strip of land 1 mile (1.6 km) wide and 16 miles (26 km) long.
19. Mai 2024 · It was granted a city charter by the British governor Thomas Dongan on July 22, 1686. Albany’s strategic location and the construction of Fort Frederick made it a leading colonial city. Its population of 2,273 in 1703 increased to 3,498 in 1790 (the year of the first U.S. census) and to 50,763 by 1850.
Vor 2 Tagen · According to a New York Times article, the first record documenting mining was a mid-17th century patent for land given to John Palmer by Thomas Dongan, the British Governor of the Province of...
Vor 4 Tagen · Wheras at a Council held at Fort James in New York, Nov. 23, 1683, certain articles of agreement were concluded between Col. Thomas Dongan, then Governor of that Province and the Council, and Robert Treat, Governor of Connecticut, Major Nathaniel Gold, Capt. John Allyn, Secretary, and William Pitkin in commission with him from ...
Vor 2 Tagen · In the 17th century, the area north of Wall Street was occupied by John Damen's farm. Damen sold the land in 1685 to captain John Knight, an officer of Thomas Dongan's administration. Knight resold the land to Dongan, and Dongan resold it in 1689 to Abraham de Peyster and Nicholas Bayard.
