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Clarkson Crolius Sr., Manhattan Stoneware Potter.
"(In 1800) Clarkson transferred a portion of the Reade street lots...(which he owned)...to the Manhattan Company, which had just completed sinking water wells between Reade and Chambers, and continued operating on the remaining land, Cross Street was then cut through from North to South, resulting in the kiln being at the corner of Reade and Cross, a location later known as 10 Cross Street. The well-known ware bearing variations of the mark "C. CROLIUS/MANUFACTURER/MANHATTAN WELLS/NEW YORK" reflects the proximity of the Crolius plant to the water works. The business was continued to Cross Street until 1814, when the proprietor, finding himself pressed by the changing neighborhood, which was rapidly becoming...residential..., transferred his operations to 67 Bayard Street, a location North of the old Collect Pond.... Clarkson Crolius...was a member of the New York City Common Council, an assemblyman, and city collector."Note Type
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Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Milk Room
