Ebenezer_Wilson

Ebenezer Wilson

Ebenezer Wilson

American politician

Ebenezer Wilson was a merchant and the 29th Mayor of New York City from 1707 to 1709.[1] He had originally served as Sheriff of New York from June 1702 to March 1707. He was elected to a two-year mayoral term on 10 October 1707.[2] Under Wilson's administration, Water Street was extended from Old Slip to John Street and Broadway was paved from Trinity Church to Bowling Green.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    Booth, Mary L. (Mary Louise) (2005). History of the city of New York.
  2. [2]
    Hershkowitz, Leo (1966). "Wills of Early New York Jews (1704–1740)". American Jewish Historical Quarterly. 55 (3): 319–363. ISSN 0002-9068.


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