Identifier: manualofcorpora1859newy (find matches)
Title: Manual of the corporation of the city of New York
Year: 1859 (1850s)
Authors: New York (N.Y.). Common Council Willis, Samuel J Valentine, David T. (David Thomas), 1801-1869
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Publisher: New York
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when they should have been made in the respective names, styles
and titles of former kings and queens, our royal predecessors, under whom they
were governors, lieutenant-governors or commanders-in-chief respectively, and
by reason, as some suggest and say, that the said city, or inhabitants or citizens
thereof, never were well, regularly or legally incorporated, and for want thereof
none of all the said grants, confirmations, instruments, or letters patent, herein-
before mentioned, could take effect or operate ; and for divers other defects in
all, some or one of the aforesaid grants, confirmations and writings ; and also
upon the validity and force of the prescription aforesaid. And whereas, our
well-beloved subjects, the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of our said city of
New York, by their humble petition presented to our trusty and well-beloved
John Montgomerie, Esq., our captain-general and governor-in-chief of our pro-
vinces of New York and New Jersey, and territories depending thereon in
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TRINITY CHURCH
Broadway N.Y. rebuilt 1788

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America, and vice admiral of the same, &c., in council, reciting among other
things, that the city of New York is an ancient city, and the citizens thereof
have anciently held and used, and still do use and hold divers and sundry
rights, liberties, privileges, franchises, free-customs, pre-eminences, advantages,
jurisdictions, emoluments, immunities, lands, tenements, public buildings and
hereditaments, as well by the name of the mayor, aldermen, and commonalty
of the city of New York, as otherwise, to the advancement of the said city in
the number of its buildings and inhabitants, whereby the said city is become a
considerable seaport, and exceedingly necessary and useful to our kingdom of
Great Britain, in supplying our governments in the West Indies with bread,
flour and other provisions ; wherefore they prayed, among other things, for our
confirmation and grant to the said city and corporation, by the name, style and
title of the mayor, aldermen, and commonalty of the city of New York, of all
their lands, tenements, public buildings and hereditaments, wharves, docks,
bridges, shps, ferries, cranes, grants, charters, rights, hberties, privileges, fran-
chises, free-customs, pre-eminences, advantages, jurisdictions, emoluments and
immunities, now and heretofore by them held and enjoyed ; and that they
might have the soil four hundred feet beyond low-water mark, on Hudson's
river, from a certain creek or kill called Bestaver's Killitie, southard to the fort,
and from thence the same number of feet beyond low- water mark round the fort
and along the East river as far as to the north side of a certain hill called
Corker's hook ; and also for a grant of such other powers, hberties, franchises,
rights, free-customs, jurisdictions, privileges, immunities and things as may be
needful for the good rule and government of the said city.

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