Letters of Note: New York City

An exciting new volume of letters about the Capital of the World—from George Washington, Kahlil Gibran, Audrey Hepburn, Martin Scorsese, and more—from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collections

Peter Schagen writes to the Dutch West India Company about the purchase of "Manhattes." Mayor Ambrose Kingsland urges the city council to create what became Central Park. E. B. White bemoans taxi cab design to Harold Ross, cofounder of The New Yorker. Bianca Jagger sets the record strai...