the cornfields and cabbage gar-
dens, here also bloomed in bright
array the native sun-flowers, bell- |
flowers and yellow lilies, all in true
keeping with the then distinctive,
though now corrupt and incon- |e
gruous, name—‘ The Bowery.” |f
On farm number one was built |[
a dwelling house, barn, brewery, re
and boat-house, the occupancy |)
and use of which the Governor |ft
himself partook of, also purchas-
ing as his own personal property
Nut Island, now Governor's hx
Island, which, it may be stated, \Rypses
has formed a lasting monument |Ng@e
to the memory of the sleek Van |
Twiller and the period of his rule
over the city.
Van Twiller soon became the

    

  
   

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