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1st Almshouse Established

City Hall Park, New York, NY

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The first Almshouse was opened on the Commons of the City in 1736 and fell under the care and control of the Overseers of the Poor, House of Correction, Workhouse and Poorhouse, headed by two men appointed by the Office of the Mayor.

Established by the Quakers on the grounds of City Hall. The plaque was installed on City Hall Park 1999.

Historic Maps

1660 - Castello plan for New Amsterdam

1767 - Ratzer Plan, NY

1811 – Commissioners Grid Map, NY

1865 – Viele Map, NY

2012 – Superstorm Sandy, NY

1630 – Boston Shoreline

1743 – Bonner-Price Plan of Boston

1795 – Boston Shoreline

1814 – Hales Map of Boston

1852 – Boston Shoreline

1874 – Hopkins Map, Boston Proper

1874 – Hopkins Map, Cambridge

1880 – Boston Shoreline

1916 – Boston Shoreline

1934 – Boston Shoreline

1950 – Boston Shoreline

1995 – Boston Shoreline

1944 - Fisk’s Meander Maps of the Mississippi River

Philadelphia 1797

Florida Shoreline 3 feet

Florida Shoreline 8 feet

New Orleans

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