(NEW YORK CITY) An Act to Enable John B Coles to Raise a Dam

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(NEW YORK CITY.) An Act to Enable John B. Coles to Raise a Dam across Haerlem River. Broadside, 13 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches; dampstained, chipped in top right corner and lower margin (not affecting text), separation along vertical centerfold repaired with linen tape but with some loss of text. [New York], circa 1795

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The original act which this one amends gave Lewis Morris the right to build a bridge from the Bronx to Manhattan over the Harlem River. Cole took over the project in 1795 and finished the first Third Avenue Bridge in 1797. Not in Evans.