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The Story of Manhattan

Charles Hemstreet (1866 - )

The history of New York City is told as a story, in few words. It begins with Henry Hudson's discovery of Manhattan in 1609. And it finishes in 1898 when the island of Manhattan becomes the Borough of Manhattan of Greater New York. (Summary by Guero.)

Genre(s): *Non-fiction, History

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	01 - Preface and Chapter I - The Adventures of Henry Hudson	Guero	00:08:38
Play 02	02 - Chapter II - The First Traders on the Island	Guero	00:06:56
Play 03	03 - Chapter III - Peter Minuit, First of the Dutch Governors	Guero	00:06:07
Play 04	04 - Chapter IV - Walter Van Twiller, Second of the Dutch Governors	Guero	00:05:54
Play 05	05 - Chapter V - William Kieft and the War with the Indians	Guero	00:10:22
Play 06	06 - Chapter VI - Peter Stuyvesant, the Last of the Dutch Governors	Guero	00:08:52
Play 07	07 - Chapter VII - New York Under the English and the Dutch	Guero	00:04:58
Play 08	08 - Chapter VIII - Something About the Bolting Act	Guero	00:05:38
Play 09	09 - Chapter IX - The Stirring Times of Jacob Leisler	Guero	00:05:07
Play 10	10 - Chapter X - The Sad End of Jacob Leisler	Guero	00:05:22
Play 11	11 - Chapter XI - Governor Fletcher and the Privateers	Guero	00:04:29
Play 12	12 - Chapter XII - Containing the True Life of Captain Kidd	Guero	00:08:34
Play 13	13 - Chapter XIII - Lord Cornbury makes Himself very Unpopular	Guero	00:03:44
Play 14	14 - Chapter XIV - Lord Lovelace and Robert Hunter	Guero	00:05:26
Play 15	15 - Chapter XV - Governor Burnet and the French Traders	Guero	00:05:26
Play 16	16 - Chapter XVI - The Trial of Zenger, the Printer	Guero	00:04:53
Play 17	17 - Chapter XVII - Concerning the Negro Plot	Guero	00:04:30
Play 18	18 - Chapter XVIII - The Tragic Death of Sir Danvers Osborne	Guero	00:04:56
Play 19	19 - Chapter XIX - The Beginning of Discontent	Guero	00:05:22
Play 20	20 - Chapter XX - The Story of the Stamp Act	Guero	00:06:00
Play 21	21 - Chapter XXI - The Beginning of Revolution	Guero	00:04:35
Play 22	22 - Chapter XXII - Fighting the Tax on Tea	Guero	00:05:22
Play 23	23 - Chapter XXIII - The Sons of Liberty at Turtle Bay	Guero	00:03:46
Play 24	24 - Chapter XXIV - The War of the Revolution	Guero	00:04:33
Play 25	25 - Chapter XXV - A Battle on Long Island	Guero	00:05:25
Play 26	26 - Chapter XXVI - The British Occupy New York	Guero	00:06:01
Play 27	27 - Chapter XXVII - The Battle of Harlem Heights	Guero	00:02:15
Play 28	28 - Chapter XXVIII - The British Fail to Sweep Everything Before Them	Guero	00:05:52
Play 29	29 - Chapter XXIX - New York a Prison House	Guero	00:06:53
Play 30	30 - Chapter XXX - After the War	Guero	00:05:17
Play 31	31 - Chapter XXXI - The First President of the United States	Guero	00:03:38
Play 32	32 - Chapter XXXII - The Welcome to George Washington	Guero	00:03:56
Play 33	33 - Chapter XXXIII - Concerning the Tammany Society and Burr's Bank	Guero	00:07:09
Play 34	34 - Chapter XXXIV - More about Hamilton and Burr	Guero	00:03:37
Play 35	35 - Chapter XXXV - Robert Fulton Builds a Steam-Boat	Guero	00:03:46
Play 36	36 - Chapter XXXVI - The City Plan	Guero	00:03:48
Play 37	37 - Chapter XXXVII - The Story of the Erie Canal	Guero	00:05:37
Play 38	38 - Chapter XXXVIII - The Building of the Croton Aqueduct	Guero	00:04:29
Play 39	39 - Chapter XXXIX - Professor Morse and the Telegraph	Guero	00:05:09
Play 40	40 - Chapter XL - The Greater New York	Guero	00:01:47
Play 41	41 - Table of Events	Guero	00:10:11

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