THE CITY  OF NEW  YORK  DIVIDED  INTO  SIX  WARDS






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8 December 1683


A)    THE  FIRST  OR  SOUTH  WARD
     Beginning at the river, extended along the west side of Broad to Beaver
Street; thence westward along Beaver Street to the Bowling Green; thence
southward by the fort to Pearl Street; and thence westward along the
river-shore to the place of starting.


B)     THE  SECOND  OR  DOCK  WARD
     Also beginning at the river at the south-east corner of Pearl and Broad
street, extended along the shore to Hanover Square; thence northward through
William to Beaver Street; thence along Beaver to Broad Street; thence back
through Broad Street to the river-shore.


C)     THE  THIRD  OR  EAST  WARD
     It formed a sort of triangle, beginning at the corner of Pearl and
Hanover Square, and extending along the shore to the Half-Moon Fort at the
foot of Wall Street; thence stretching along Wall to the corner of William
and thence returning along the east side of William to the river.



D)    THE  FOURTH  OR  NORTH  WARD
      Beginning at the northwest corner of William and Beaver Streets,
extended through the former to the corner of Wall; thence westerly along the
palisades to a line a little beyond Nassau Street: Thence southerly to
Beaver street; thence easterly along Beaver to the first named point.


E)    THE  FIFTH  OR  WEST  WARD
      Beginning at the junction of the Fourth Ward with Beaver Street,
extended northerly along the boundary line of the latter to Wall Street;
thence along the palisades to Broadway; thence southerly to Beaver Street;
thence easterly to the point of starting.


F)    THE  SIXTH  OR  OUT  WARD
      It comprised all the farms and plantations outside the city walls,
including the town of Harlem.

Each of these wards was authorized to elect an alderman and councilman
annually to represent them in the city government. The Governor and Council
retained the appointment of the Mayor in their own hands; it was not,
indeed, until long after the Revolution that this office was made elective
by the people.


Source:   History of New York City from the Discovery to the Present day.
Virtue & Yorston (1872)

                       Transcribed by Miriam Medina

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