[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] ing power to grist and other mills; but in this grant also it was stipulated that the free navigation of the river should be preserved through a suitable opening. Under the provisions of the act of 1795 and subsequent legislation, Coles not only built the Harlem Bridge, but constructed a road leading from it to West Farms and East-chester. Coles's Bridge was provided with a draw, which, however, was very narrow. This structure continued in use until about 1855, when it was replaced by the (old) Third Avenue Bridge. Previously to the construction of Coles's Bridge there were two bridges connecting Manhattan Island with the main land, both being across Spuyten Duyvil Creek — the King's Bridge, erected in 1G94 by Frederick Philipse, who, with his successors, collected tolls from all using it, and the Farmers' or Dyckman's Bridge, built some years before the Revolution by public subscription. No tolls were levied on the Farmers' Bridge, and hence it was popularly known as the " Free Bridge." It will thus be seen that as early as the middle of the second dec-ado of the nineteenth century there were four bridges communi-cating with our county from Manhattan Island — one at the village of Kingsbridge, the second just below, the third at the termination of the present Seventh Avenue, and the fourth where Third Avenue now crosses. The incorporation of the village of Peekskill was authorized by an act passed April 17, 1816.