McCabe, James Dabney, 1842-1883 / 2008-07-21 00:00:00

EBOOK, THE SECRETS OF THE GREAT CITY ***


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THE SECRETS OF THE GREAT CITY
A Work Descriptive of the Virtues and the Vices,
the Mysteries, Miseries and Crimes of New York City
BY
EDWARD WINSLOW MARTIN




CHAPTER I.

THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
The City of New York is the largest and most important in America. Its
corporate limits embrace the whole of Manhattan Island, on which it is
situated, and which is bounded by the Hudson, the East and Harlem
rivers, and by Spuyten Duyvil creek, which last connects the Harlem
with the Hudson. Being almost entirely surrounded by deep water, and
lying within sight of the ocean, and only sixteen miles from it, the
city is naturally the greatest commercial centre of the country. The
extreme length of the island is fifteen miles, and its average breadth
a mile and a half. The city lies at the head of New York Bay, which
stretches away for miles until the Narrows, the main entrance to the
harbor, are reached, presenting a panorama unsurpassed for natural and
artificial beauty. The people of New York are very proud of their bay,
and justly regard it as one of the most magnificent in the world.
The city was originally settled by the Dutch, toward the close of the
year 1614, and called by them New Amsterdam.
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