1760
May 28
British officer Henry Gladwin, stationed in New York City, receives orders from General Jeffrey Amherst, to lead a force to Fort Pitt (Pittsburgh) then to move along the Lake Erie forts and take command at Fort Niagara.
November
British army chaplain William Haliburton dies of fever in New York City, leaving behind his widow Emily Tyne Haliburton and his daughter Jane, just over a year old.
Dec 25
Queens, New York, slave Jupiter Hammon publishes poetry in An Evening Thought becoming the first black writer published in the New World.
City
Visiting English scholar Andrew Burnaby criticizes the city's water supply. ** King’s College moves from the schoolhouse of Trinity Church to its own building at Church Street, west of the Common.
Staten Island
The approximate date millwright Peter Housman acquires the house built in stages between 1730 and 1760, on the Thomas Dongan estate in Westerleigh.
1761
Sep 29
John Burnet is reappointed coroner of the City of New York.
Oct 13
Burnet’s commission as coroner is issued.
New York City
The city has an estimated 2,000 houses. An estimated 20,000 cords of wood are burned annually.
Bronx
Benjamin Palmer’s Great Minneford’s Island is renamed City Island when he begins promoting it as a potential commercial rival to New York City.
Science
New York City museum owner Gardiner Baker is born.
1762
Jan 15
Tavern keeper Samuel Fraunce buys the 1719 Etienne DeLancey house, converts it to the Queen Catharine Tavern (today's Fraunce's Tavern).
Mar 1
Wheat in New York City sells for 6s 9d a bushel. ** The sloop Little Sally, James Prince captain, departs New York for Monto Christo, Hispaniola (Montecristi, Dominican Republic).
Mar 19
Congressman Daniel Crommelin Verplanck is born in New York City to Samuel and Judith Crommelin Verplanck.
Mar 30
Major Henry Gladwin meets General Jeffery Amherst at the latter’s New York City headquarters, receives communications to deliver to London on his upcoming trip, departs by ship for England.
Apr 12
A New York City newspaper advertisement mentions that coroner John Burnet is once again a resident of the city.
Apr 18
John Burnet, coroner of the City of New York, dies, at the age of 39, possibly of smallpox.
Jul 24
John Burnet’s widow Anne relinquishes administration of his estate.
City
The Irish hold a celebration in honor of St. Patrick, the city’s first. ** The city’s first oil lamp posts are installed. ** Residents own an estimated 447 ships, up from 99 in 1747. ** Merchant Charles Ward Apthorp purchases 115 acres on the upper west side of Manhattan from Dennis Hicks.
Brooklyn
A house is built in the future Fort Greene area of Duffield and Concord streets.
1763
Innkeeper George Burns moves his Manhattan operation from Whitehall Street to the Province Arms site on lower Broadway, naming his new place Burns Coffee House (often still referred to as The Province Arms, and the City Arms).
June
Six young Tuscarora Indian warriors, villagers from Oquaga, arrive at Johnson Hall to commiserate with Sir William Johnson over the death of his father Christopher in Ireland back in January. They perform their own rites to help Sir William deal with his grief. ** With the Mohawk sachem Abraham representing him Johnson commiserates with the tribe over the death of chief Red Head a few days earlier. The following day rituals are performed, followed by ten days of ceremonies.
July
Joseph Brant leaves Wheelock’s school to return home.
October
After being advised by an Anglican minister, William Johnson decides not to send Iroquois Indian Joseph Brant to King’s College at New York City, where he would face criticism regarding Indian problems.
City
Samuel Fraunces opens a tavern in lower Manhattan. ** Merchant and shop owner Peter Berton, visiting London, acquires a Bible originally purchased there by an American of French Huguenot origin. Berton – an ancestor of Canadian historian Pierre Berton - begins making family entries. ** Charles Ward Apthorp purchases an additional 153 adjoining acres from Oliver de Lancey. His two properties have cost him today’s equivalent of $15,000. Apthorp is named to the Governor’s Council this year.
1764
January
Ann Burnet, widow of the late City of New York coroner John Burnet, marries Jacob Bancks.
Jun 11
The first Sandy Hook, New Jersey, lighthouse begins operation, built by funds collected by New York City merchant Isaac Conro, under the authorization of the State Legislature.
Nov 1
Stephen van Rensselaer is born to Stephen van Rensselaer, Sr. and his wife, in New York City.
City
An employees' association is founded. ** The circa 1694 Franquelin Plan of lower Manhattan is first published. ** Samuel Auchmuty becomes rector of Trinity Church. ** The Society for the Promotion of Arts, Agriculture and Oeconomy (Economy) is founded. ** Charles Ward Apthorp completes construction of his upper west side mansion - Elmwood.
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