Document 1.1:
Ward Boundaries and Population Density, 1870
Links on the map below will connect you to further pages on the the following topics:
Fourth Ward (4), Five Points (6), City Hall, Central Park, Blackwell's Island, pictures of Broadway and City Hall Park, and a street map of Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Downtown Brooklyn: Click for a street map Tenth Ward: Click for a street map of lower Manhattan Fifth Ward: Click for a street map of lower Manhattan Third Ward: Click for a street map of lower Manhattan Seventh Ward: Click for a street map of lower Manhattan First Ward: Click for a street map of lower Manhattan Second Ward: Click for a street map of lower Manhattan Broadway Blackwell's City Hall Sixth Central Park The Fourth Ward
 
 
Map of the southern half of Manhattan in 1870, showing population density by ward. North is to the upper right corner. The fourth ward is in the lower left of the map, surrounding what are now the approaches to the Brooklyn Bridge.
Source: Seymour J. Mandelbaum, Boss Tweed's New York (New York: John   R. Wiley & Sons, 1965)

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The Fourth Ward:
Life and Death in New York, 1860-1870