Primary Source Collection 6:
Descriptions of Fourth Ward Saloons
6.1:
Bayard Taylor, "A Descent into the Depths,"
The Nation,
vol. 2 (March 15, 1866): 332-333
6.2: James Dabney McCabe, excerpt from "The Wickedest Man in New York," chapter 36 in
Secrets of the Great City
(Philadelphia: Jones Brothers, 1868)
6.3: McCabe, excerpt from "Kit Burns's," Chapter 44, in Ibid.
Also from McCabe: Document 4.1: "Sailors' Boarding Houses"
Detour 6.1: Excerpt from
Sunshine and Shadow in New York
by Matthew Hale Smith
The Fourth Ward:
Life and Death in New York, 1860-1870
Primary Source Collections
1)
Maps of the Neighborhood and City
2)
The People
3)
Living Conditions
4)
Work in Industrializing New York
5)
Crime
6)
Saloons and Brothels
7)
Neighborhood Institutions
8)
The Draft Riot
9)
Images of the Neighborhood Today