Page 110. Neshaming Creek

22. Page 126. Although no authority has been found for this dénomination, Moreau evidently refers hère to Paterson, which had been chosen as the site for the establishment of manufactures by an association formed in 1791 at the suggestion of Alexander Hamilton. For a very interesting sketch of the foundation of Paterson, see Thos. F. Gordon, The History of New Jersey, pp. 205 ff.

23. Page 160. An excellent map of New York City in 1797 may be found in The Mémorial History of the City of New York, III, 130, by the aid of which it is easy to follow Moreau's survey of the city in 1794. The corresponding modem names of old streets may be found in J. J. Post, Old Street s , Roads, Lanes, Piers and Wharves of New-York.

24. Page 161. "The tea-water works, which were built in 1786 at the Collect Pond or Fresh Water, had supplied the city by casks until 1799, when the Manhattan Company was chartered to bring a supply from the Bronx River. A pump was built near the Collect and vvooden pipes laid through the streets, but the Manhattan Company never tapped the waters of the Bronx, and the city was forced to content itself with the old Collect supply, with the additional convenience of the wooden pipes and the street pumps, which were not infrequent." Mem. Hist. of City of N. Y., III, 344. A description and picture of Fresh Water Pond will be found, Ibid., II, 105-106. It covered a considérable area, a part of which is occupied by the Tombs to-day. See map, Ibid., III, 130.

25. Page 164. This has référence to the cenotaph voted by the Continental Congress in 1776. Montgomery's remains were not removed hère until 1818.

26. Page 165. A description of the destruction of this statue on July 9, 1776, may be found in Mem. Hist. of City of N. Y., II, 496-497, and a eut of same, p. 498.

27. Page 165. He means Chatham Row, since become Park Row. The rest of the sentence has référence to "The Park," now City Hall Square.