1902: The “Ghost” Horse of New York’s Academy of Music » Tomkins_Daniel_D
According to maps of New York City farms from the 1815 Blue Book, a majority of the land near Irving Place and 14th Street was owned by Daniel D. Tompkins and David Dunham. This large plot was adjacent to Peter G. Stuyvesant’s 116-acre farm, and in fact, the three men argued in court in 1815 over a crooked fence that separated their lands. Tompkins was the fourth governor of New York (1807-1817) and the sixth Vice President of the United States under James Monroe (1817–1825). Tompkinsville, a neighborhood on Staten Island, is named for Tompkins.
Daniel D. Tompkins, fourth Mayor of New York, sixth Vice President of the US
