Brooklyns-great-mistake in 1898

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Greater_New_York 1898

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_and_secession_in_New_York#Staten_Island_secession

https://www.brownstoner.com/history/brooklyn-history-brooklyns-great-mi

https://www.brownstoner.com/history/brooklyn-history-consolidation-of-new-york-great-mistake/

https://www.brownstoner.com/history/brooklyn-history-aftermath-of-consolidation-of-new-york-walkabout/

https://keithyorkcity.wordpress.com/2012/10/05/the-great-mistake-of-1898-the-consolidation-of-a-dozen-towns-into-5-boroughs/

 https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/01/archives/rockets-red-glare-marked-birth-of-merged-city-in-1898-sounds-and.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/nyregion/21postmark.html