Choose Primary Source 1626 Schagen Letter 1651 Encounter 1634 Slave Auction 1660 Maps - Castello/Spier 1656 Visscher Map 1765 Stamp Act Congress 1776 Battle of Brooklyn 1767 Ratzer Map 1789 George Washington 1827 Five Points 1830-31 Five Points 1832 Cholera Outbreak 1842 Sanitation Conditions 1843 C. Dicken's Quote 1850 The Old Brewery 1890 Jacob Riis Quote 1905 Mulberry Park 1905 The Tombs 1860 Metal/Machine Shops Map 1860 Map of Black Population 1863 Mayoral Election Returns 1863 Tammany Contractors 1863 Map of Racial Murders 1863 Map of Brothel Attacks
New York Challenged – The City’s Response to Crisis and Change from Colonial Times to Present 1660 Castello Plan (Stokes, NYPL) and the 1660 Spier Map (http://www.teachout.org/vna/map.html) For information about the Virtual New Amsterdam Project visit http://www.teachout.org/vna/. Click on the image to enlarge. Click here to return to the course syllabus.