Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III

Haue laid out ye North East side of y« Wall street, beginning at ye Westermost Cornor of y^ Bucthers Pen,' and then Runing by an Angle of 313° or North West & by West Nine degrees j&fteene Minits Northerly foure hundred twenty three foot to ye farthest cornor of the Smyths Street^ thence by an Angle of 323 deg: or North West Eight degrees Northerly foure hundred therty one foot to y® farthest Cornor of the Graft Street,^ thence 319 deg: or Northwest foure degrees northerly one hundred fifety one foot to y^ farthest Cornor of Stoutenbergs garden, which is right Opposite to the South East Cornor of ye New Street, « the saide Street being laide out thirty six foot in bredth, Performed this 16 day of Decemb. 1685.

P mee Leo. Beckwith Dept Siirveior

1 Near what is now the corner of Pearl and WaH.

2 Now, Wniiam st.

3 Broad St.

4 This garden lay between Nassau St. and Broadway; a Presbyterian Church occupied part of it from 1719 to 1844. See post. p. 460.

REVD Mr CLARKES COMMISSION AS CHAPLAIN.

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James Duke of York and Albany &c Earle of Vlster &c. Whereas I have had Sufficient Testimony of the Abilityes and Integrity of Josias Clarke Clergyman And of his Fitnesse to be Chaplaine to the Garrison of New Yorke I doe therefore hereby authorize & Require You to Putt him upon the Estabhshm* as Chaplain to the S^ Garrison Accordingly; with such Salary and allowances as are thereunto belonging to Commence from