Download or read book Notes, Geographical and Historical, Relating to the Town of Brooklyn, in Kings County on Long-Island (Classic Reprint) written by Gabriel Furman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Notes, Geographical and Historical, Relating to the Town of Brooklyn, in Kings County on Long-Island There was also a small tribe of the Nyack Indi ans near the Narrows. In' this town is also the United States N avy-yard, containing about 40 acres; which was purchased ofjohn Jackson, Esq. By Francis Childs, Esq. For and on the 23d day of February, 1801, was conveyed by said Childs to the United States. 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.