ANNOUNCEMENT. OLD NEW YORK, a magazine devoted to the History and Antiquities of New York City, will be published monthly at No. 19 Park place. Each number will contain at least sixty-four pages of reading matter, thus making two large volumes yearly. Many of the articles will be illustrated; each volume will have a copious index, and each series of volumes will also contain a general index, similar to those in Notes and Queries. The price will be Five Dollars a year. The work is intended to cover the entire range of events from the discovery of the river and bay down to a period within the recollection of middleaged persons. For this purpose all available material in the possession of the State and City Governments, the files of newspapers which are extant, the pamphlets and manuscripts in our public libraries, the letters of those who have passed away, the references in books of travel, and in fact everything that can be obtained will be examined and digested. Many well known New York collectors and antiquaries have promised their assistance, and it is believed that the repertory thus made will speedily be regarded as a most valuable one. One prominent feature of Old New York from the beginning will be its indexes. These will refer to the collections already made or books already published, enabling writers on New York topics to have brought before them all that has been said or written elsewhere. The editor invites the aid of all those who are interested in preserving the memorials of the past. Documents entrusted to him will receive the utmost care, and be returned as speedily as possible. Checks should be made payable to W. W. Pasko, 19 Park place, New York, and communications should also be sent to him. OLD NEW YORK. CONTENTS FOR DECEMBER, 1890. STATUE OF JOHN H. STARIN, DIARY OF DR. ALEXANDER ANDERSON, PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM HENRY WEBB, Hospital Practice with the Yellow Fever-A Companion Appointed-Deaths for the Season-Zimmermann on Solitude. WILLIAM HENRY WEBB, Sketch of the Famous Shipbuilder-His Ancestry-Early Attempts at Shipbuilding-Vessels for Russia and France-His Public Services-A Home for Shipbuilders. CITY CHURCHES IN 1827, Growth of the Methodist Episcopal Church-Captain WebbSketch of the Stillwellites-African Methodists-Early Years of the Reformed Dutch Church-The Theological Seminary at New Bruns wick-Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary-The Lutherans and Moravians-List of the Presbyterian Churches-Growth of the Episcopal Church-Foundation of the Roman Catholic ChurchUnitarian and Universalist Societies. PORTRAIT OF PETER CARPENTER BAKER, PETER CARPENTER BAKER, 308 Face 327 Biographical Notes on His History-Birth and Education-Enters a Printing Office-Begins Business-Succeeds John S. Voorhies as Law Publisher-Addresses and Speeches-Formation of the Typotheta-The Franklin Statue. THE DUTCH RECORDS OF NEW YORK, Inordinate Drinking to be Suppressed-The Confinement of Goats and Hogs-Sabbath Breaking-Indians Forbidden to Have Liquor— Restrictions on Foreign Trade. PORTRAIT OF JOHN HENRY STARIN, JOHN HENRY STARIN, 327 337 Face 344 344 Ancestry of Mr. Starin-His Labors in the Mohawk Valley-The GULIAN C. VERPLANCK, 356 His Birth-Death of Mrs. Verplanck-Letter of the Rev. Frederick Clement C. Moore-Beginning of the Village-The Fire Depart ment. GEORGE WARNER, . 364 Services in the Revolution-His Descendants-Effingham H. MINOR NOTES, 367 Erection of the Gas Works in 1849. No. 19 Park Place, New York. |