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  2. Wards of New York City - Wikipedia

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    The Dongan Charter of the City of New York 1686. May 12, 1686 – via HathiTrust. Election districts of the several assembly districts (and 23d and 24th wards) of the city and county of New York, and the boundaries thereof, as revised by the Board of Police, June 28th, 1876. New York: John X. Browne. 1876

  3. New York City in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    View of New York City, 1863 1860 map of New York City. New York City during the American Civil War (1861–1865) was a bustling American city that provided a major source of troops, supplies, equipment and financing for the Union Army.

  4. Sixth Avenue - Wikipedia

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    Central Park was added to the street grid in 1857 and created an interruption in Sixth Avenue between 59th and 110th Streets. Proposals to extend the street south of Carmine Street were discussed by the city's Board of Aldermen as early as the mid-1860s. [6]

  5. History of New York City (1855–1897) - Wikipedia

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    Gotham: a history of New York City to 1898 (Oxford University Press, 1998), The standard scholarly survey; 1390 pages onlibe review; Bernstein, Iver. The New York City Draft Riots: Their Significance for American Society and Politics in the Age of the Civil War (1990) Callow, Alexander B. The Tweed Ring (1966). Chernow, Ron.

  6. History of New York City (1784–1854) - Wikipedia

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    Gotham: a history of New York City to 1898 (Oxford University Press, 1998), The standard scholarly survey; 1390 pages; Crouthamel, James L. "The Newspaper Revolution in New York 1830-1860," New York History (1964) 45#2 pp. 91–113 in JSTOR; Gilfoyle, Timothy J. City of eros: New York City, prostitution, and the commercialization of sex, 1790 ...

  7. City Hall Post Office and Courthouse (New York City)

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    Since 1845, the city's main post office was located in the Middle Dutch Church on Nassau Street, a dark 18th-century building that by the 1860s was stretched past its capacity. Congress eventually approved funds for a new central post office, [2] and a competition was held for design proposals. Fifty-two designs were submitted, but none were ...

  8. List of piers in New York City - Wikipedia

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    New York City's piers and wharves were the most valuable assets of the New York City government in the 1860s, [2] worth almost $15.8 million without any repairs in 1867. [3] Nevertheless, by that time they had been in such a poor state of repair as to drive steamboat companies to other nearby cities such as Hoboken and Jersey City . [ 4 ]

  9. Category:1860s in New York City - Wikipedia

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    1860 in New York City (1 C) Pages in category "1860s in New York City" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.