Excerpt from History and Commerce of New York, 1891: Illustrated In 1702, the government of New York was in charge of Lord Cornbury, (edward Hyde) eldest son of the Earl of Clarendon. The greatest educational step of the colony was taken in 1705, when Andrew Clark, an Englishman, came over and Opened the first public school. There were then persons in New York. The Upas-tree of the century was planted in 1709, when the first slave-mart was Opened at the foot of Wall Street slip, on the site Of the old block house. This same year may also be said to have been the first plank in the financial history of this city, paper money having then been introduced. Broadway, between Maiden Lane and what is now City Hall Park, was laid out in 1712. The negro oppression riot also burst forth again in that year. There were six city policemen (they were known as watchmen). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.