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The Brooklyn Theatre fire was a catastrophic theatre fire that broke out on the evening of December 5, 1876, in the city of Brooklyn (now a borough of New York City).The fire took place at the Brooklyn Theatre, near the corner of Washington and Johnson streets, with over 1,000 guests attending.
Richard Croker served New York County from 1873 to 1876 Anthony Eickhoff served New York County from 1874 to 1876 Edward Butler Coombs served Kings County from 1896 to 1897 before being arrested Gustav Scholer served New York County from 1902 to 1905 Julius Harburger served New York County in 1907 Israel Lewis Feinberg, served New York County from 1910 to 1918 Timothy P. Healy, served New York ...
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Find a Grave is a website that allows the public to search and add to an online database of human and pet cemetery records. It is owned by Ancestry.com.Its stated mission is "to help people from all over the world work together to find, record and present final disposition information as a virtual cemetery experience."
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A biography of Dolan published by The New York Times in 1876 contains many details about Dolan's criminal history. It states that he was a petty thief and burglar who, before his final arrest on a murder charge, served two terms in Blackwell's Island Penitentiary for larceny, one of four and the other of six months, as well as a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-year term in the State Prison at Sing Sing for burglary.
New York newspapers were read across the nation, particularly, the New York Tribune, edited by Horace Greeley, the voice of the new Republican Party. [30] As immigration increased in cities, poverty rose as well. The poorest crowded into low-cost housing such as the Five Points and Hell's Kitchen neighborhoods in Manhattan.
Irving's fictional History of New York published. [7] [37] 1810 – Scudder's American Museum in business. 1811 May 19: Close to 100 buildings burn down on Chatham Street. Commissioners' Plan of 1811 lays out the Manhattan grid between 14th Street and Washington Heights. [7] 1812 – New York City Hall built. [19] 1816 – American Bible ...