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The social life of New York at this period was invested with a peculiar charm. Wealth and refinement money-making and good-breeding were blended as never before. -from Chapter XLVI: The Final Struggle From the exuberance of post-Revolutionary Manhattan to the great debate over incorporating the independent municipality of Brooklyn into the City of New York this final volume of an extraordinary three-volume history of New York remains an informative and entertaining resource today. Volume 3 relates tales of social elegance and bustling commerce of the founding of Alexander Hamilton s newspaper and Broadway theaters of grand civic projects of park creation and library building… of the modern foundations of one of the planet s most influential cities. Numerous captivating illustrations depict: . Fifth Avenue at Madison Square . bird s eye view looking south from General Grant s tomb . police parade . Cathedral of St. John the Divine . the Plaza Hotel and Metropolitan Club . bridge at Canal Street in 1800 . Washington Arch . and dozens more. Originally published from 1877 to 1881 this is a delight to browse-for history buffs and lovers of the grand metropolis alike. Also available from Cosimo Classics: Martha J. Lamb s Wall Street in History. American historian MARTHA J. LAMB (d. circa 1892) was a prolific author publishing children s books novels short stories and magazine articles as well as serving as editor of the Magazine of American History. Active in charitable organizations she founded Chicago s Home for Friendless and Half-Orphan Asylum and was secretary of the city s first Sanitary Fair in 1863. MRS. BURTON HARRISON née Constance Cary (1843-1920) was the wife of Burton Novell Harrison personal secretary to Jefferson Davis. Recollections Grave and Gay (1911) her autobiography relates her childhood in pre-Civil War Virginia and her experience as a young adult there during the war.
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