EAST SIDE STREETS

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  • Chatham Square, after William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, our friend in 1776.
  • Bayard Street, after a mayor, nephew of Peter Stuyvesant.
  • Canal Street, had a forty-foot canal in center, fine shaded houses at sides.
  • Division Street, the dividing line between the Rutgers and the DeLancey farms.
  • East Broadway, formerly Harmon Street, after a Rutgers.
  • Henry Street, after Henry Rutgers.
  • Madison Street, after the President, formerly Bancker Street, after a Rutgers son-in-law.
  • Monroe Street, after the President, formerly Lombardy Street.
  • Rutgers Place, site of the Rutgers Mansion.
  • Hamilton Street, after Alexander Hamilton, formerly Cheapside.
  • Cherry Street, formerly a cherry orchard.
  • Oliver Street, formerly Fayette Street.
  • Catherine Street, after Catherine Rutgers.
  • Market Street, formerly George Street, after King George of England.
  • Pike Street, War of 1812, formerly Charlotte Street, after a queen of England.
  • Rutgers Street, after the Rutgers family.
  • Jefferson Street, after the President.
  • Clinton Street, after Governor Clinton.
  • Montgomery Street, after the general who fell at Quebec in 1775.
  • Gouverneur Street, after a New York family.
  • Jackson Street, after the President; formerly Walnut Street.
  • Corlears Street, after Jacobus Van Corlear.
  • Chrystie Street, after an officer of War of 1812.
  • Forsyth Street, War of 1812.
  • Eldridge Street, after Lieut. Joseph C. Eldridge, War of 1812.
  • Allen Street, after Capt. William Henry Allen, War of 1812.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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