1740
Mar 18
The home of the Royal governor in New York City’s Fort George, along with the nearby Dutch church, is destroyed by fire.
Jun 13
Richard Nicolls is commissioned as a examiner in New York City’s Court of Chancery.
City
Rumors circulate that blacks are intending to poison the city's wells. ** The Society of Friends (Quakers) move their meeting house from Green Street Alley to nearby Liberty Street. ** Pennsylvania, involved in a boundary dispute with Maryland, sends an agent here to transcribe early Dutch records. ** Greenpoint, Brooklyn, landowner Pieter Praa dies. Having no sons he leaves his property to his five daughters and their husbands, the settlement's sole residents - the Bennetts, Calyers, Meseroles, Provosts and Van Zandts.
1741
February
A series of fires and thefts occur in New York City.
Feb 28
The Manhattan tobacco shop of Robert Hogg is burglarized. The money is later found at Hughson's Alehouse and rumors spread of a slave insurrection - the "Alehouse Plot" or "The Negro Plot". By the time calm is restored, four whites and 25 blacks (including tavern owner John Hughson and his wife, alderman John Pintard's servant Caesar and his white mistress Peggy Kerry) will have been hanged on an island in The Collect pond. 13 additional blacks are burned at the stake. 70 blacks and seven whites are banished. Also hanged is the Catholic teacher John Ury, who supposedly performed the duties of a priest.
Mar 18
The 1640 Dutch church on Manhattan is destroyed by rebellious slaves.
Apr 7
Journeymen bakers go on strike in New York City, are prosecuted for criminal conspiracy.
City
The city forms a volunteer firefighting company. ** 20% of New York's population is black.
1742
City
A law is passed allowing slaves to get water only from the nearest neighborhood well.
State
Future governor John Taylor is born in New York City.
1743
Oct 2
Physician and Presbyterian churchman Dr. John Nicoll dies in New York City at the age of 64.
November
The provincial assembly meets in Manhattan's City Hall, considers a citizens petition to ban various sources of pollution.
City
Smallpox kills 217 people this summer. ** James Parker begins publishing the New-York Weekly Post-Boy.
1744
February
New York City's Common Council orders that copies of the 1731 street cleaning laws be prominently posted.
May
The New York council orders an overhaul of the city's sanitary laws, going after tanners, hog owners and starch makers, and moving them outside of the city. Waste dumping on public property is prohibited.
July
Annapolis physician Dr. Aledxander Hamilton visits New York City, criticizes the water.
City
Stephen Bayard is appointed mayor for six consecutive one-year terms. ** The population is approximately11,000. There are 166 licensed taverns.
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