New York City, NY

Place Record Title: New York City, NY
Identifier: NJS-PLC-00041
Place Type: City, Town, or Village
Description: Largest city in the United States. Established by the Dutch West India Company in 1624 as New Amsterdam on an island known to the indigenous Lenape inhabitants as Mannahatta. Renamed New York under British rule in 1664. Capital of the United States from 1785 to 1790. Historically, New York City encompassed only Manhattan Island (New York County), and records referring to New York City in the 18th and 19th centuries refer only to Manhattan locations. The city was consolidated with Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island in 1898.
Locality: New York City
County (Modern): New York County
State or Province: New York
Country: United States of America
Same As: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60; http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007567
Places Located Here: Brooklyn, NY; Flatbush, NY; Hallett's Cove, NY; Harlem, NY; Staten Island, NY; King's Bridge (Kingsbridge, Bronx, NY); Kings County, NY
Latitude: 40.70706
Longitude: -74.01049
Record Contributor: Jesse Bayker

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1730 Sale: Ukawsaw Gronniosaw	Event
1738-02-09 Advertisement: Black man	Event
1742-07-30 Sale: York	Event
1752-10-28 Freedom seeking: Unnamed African man [Livingston]	Event
1756-09-02 Sale: Caesar	Event
1787-01-31 Sale: Flora, Ann, Phillis Neilson	Event
1799-12 Freedom seeking: John	Event
1817-06-12 Manumission: Thomas Boston	Event
1817-07 Freedom seeking: Abraham Sherrit	Event