FOREWORD The growth and progress of the Company is perhaps best shown b the rise in its deposits over the past 65 years. The totals were as follows: Deposits
Date
$ 1,469,446
June 30, 1875 June 30, 1885 June 30, 1895 June 7, 1905 June 30, 1915 June 30, 1925 June 30, 1935 Dec. 31, 1940
6,206,002 10,028,845 17,897,896 33,030,189 49,955,759 105,400,63 I 129,8.56,384
The trust business of the Company has also grown steadily, and while figures are not published, it is understood that the value of assets held in various fiduciary capacities by the Company is larger than its banking resources. In presenting "Historic Brooklyn," no attempt has been made by the Brooklyn Trust Company to give a complete list of places of historic interest, but rather to glean here and there stories of interesting landmarks, both past and present. The Rambler wandered via trolley and motor and on foot from one point to another, guided by his own will and the lure of century-old traditions and localities. His data have been made as nearly historically correct as the reminiscences of residents, the legends and traditions that come down from generation to generation, and the various histories of Brooklyn, New York, and Long Island, allow. The book is designed not only for the residents of the Borough of Brooklyn, but also for strangers who may come here, interested in the many historic points of which we may justly boast. For Brooklyn has contributed to the history of the United States her share of tradition and romance, of thrilling incident and battle-scene; and from the lore of sage and poet, of historian and scholar, of student and antiquary, these rambles have been reinforced with the intent to present this city in the light of a modern Mecca for those interested in historic landmarks and valued associations. The editor desires to acknowledge the assistance in the preparation of this book of: Miss Frances B. Cropsey; Miss Edna Huntington of the Long Island Historical Society; Miss Maud Voris; 1\1r. Alexander J. Wall of the New York Historical Society; the Brooklyn Public Library; the New York Public Library; the New York Historical Society; the New England Genealogical Society, and the Massachusetts Historical Society.
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