Harman C. Westervelt papers

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{"value"=>"ca. 1835-ca. 1886", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1835/1886"}

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1835

date_inclusive_end

1886

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1835

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1835

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1886

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{"value"=>"Harman C. Westervelt papers"}

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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Harman C. Westervelt was an American historian. Collection consists of Westervelt's essays on various features of New York City, miscellaneous papers and letters, and newsclippings. Essays concern churches, parks, prisons, fire department, the Dutch governors, and New City mayors from the Revolutionary War to 1835."}

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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Harman C. Westervelt papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

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{"value"=>"Westervelt, Harman C", "type"=>"persname"}

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.6 linear feet (3 oversize v.)

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1. 1. The Early Municipality: New Amsterdam and New York
2. 2. Dutch Governors
3. 2. Mayors of the City of New York since the Revolution, 1783-1833
4. 3. Key (with comments) on S. B. Helbart Judah's "Gotham and the Gothamites"
5. 4. Changes in New York City and Its Society, or, Reminiscences of a Knickerbocker
6. 5. Incidents of Old New York, a clipping of an address by W. Dodge with manuscript comment by Westervelt
7. 6. Political History of New York City from 1800 to 1835
8. 7. Tammany Hall
9. 8. New York Directory, 1805-1806
10. 9. Places of early public resort for "man and beast": taverns, inns, coffee houses and hotels of earlier origin in New York
11. 10. Old Streets of New York
12. 11. Old Street Signs of New York
13. 12. Broadway Park
14. 13. The City Hall; Broadway Park
15. 14. "Little Barn" or Randall's Island
16. 15. Ferries Out of New York
17. 16. The Early Churches
18. 17. Early Colonial Churches
19. 18. The Reformed Dutch Church, N. Y. City; the Primitive Church in America, early customs of this church
20. 19. Episcopal. Churches of New York
21. 20. Trinity Church, New York
22. 21. The Presbyterian Church and Other Denominations in New York
23. 22. Libraries: New York Society library, New York Historical Society, the Mercantile Library, Astor Library, the St. Nicholas Society
24. 23. Schools, Schoolmasters, Colleges, Universities, from the Days of the Dutch to the Rise of the Great Republic
25. 24. Columbia College: teachers, etc
26. 25. Printing Press and Its Associates: - Books
27. 26. Religious Enthusiasts in the Pulpit, and on the Streets; Public Lecturers
28. 27. Early Literature, Writers, Poets, and Prominent Citizens of New York
29. 28. Musical Progress in the City of New York
30. 29. The Fine Arts in New York, and the Schools of Art, Prior to
31. 30. Early Theatricals: John Street, Park, and Other Theatres
32. 31. The Ethiopian Race: Slavery in New York
33. 32. The Ethiopian Race: Human Servitude, Slaves and Slavery in the State of New York
34. 33. Early Steamers, Commerce, and Navigation in New York Harbor
35. 34. Early Commerce and Navigation in New York Harbor
36. 35. Early Commerce, Navigation, Locomotives, etc
37. 36. Merchants' Exchange, Chamber of Commerce, Old Merchants of New York
38. 37. The Origin of the Chamber of Commerce
39. 38. Public Markets: Fairs, Market Houses, etc
40. 39. The Post Office System
41. 40. New York Fire Dept.: Suggestive Fires, Apparatus, etc
42. 41. Earlier Banks, Fire and Marine Insurance Companies, Stock and Exchange Brokers, Savings Banks
43. 42. New York Hospital
44. 43. Notes on Charitable and Other Institutions
45. 44. Prisons, Punishments
46. 45. The Old Prisons; Modes of Punishment; the Jail; Bridewell; Greenwich Street State Prison, Ludlow Street Prison, etc
47. 46. Early Struggles for Pure Drinking Water
48. 47. Drinking Water, Collect Pond, Tea Water Pump
49. 48. The Military Organizations
50. 49. Social Clubs
51. 50. The "Social Club"
52. 51. The Code of Honor: Duels, etc
53. 52. Trindust, Edward
54. 53. List of Prominent with Whom He [Westervelt] Has Been Acquainted
55. 54. Sundials, Hour-Glasses, Clocks, Watches, etc
56. 55. Various newspaper clippings, etc
57. 56. Miscellaneous Ms. notes