About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0746
  • TitleCharter of the old Town of Flatbush
  • SummaryPhotocopy of document beginning "Thomas Dongan ..." Note: Town of Flatbush was chartered in 1652, but since Thomas Dongan wasn't appointed governor until 1682, this document is more likely charter of Kings County, 1683.
  • Date1910
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Aug. 28, 1910; Eagle stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectCharters ; County charters ; Municipal charters
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Flatbush: Government