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Nooks & Corners
- of
Old New York
- By
- Charles Hemftreet
  - Illustrated
  - By
- Illustrated
- By
- E. C. Peixotto
  - New York
    - Charles Scribner's Sons
    - MDCCCCV
    - COPYRIGHT, 1899
    - NEW YORK
  - Charles Scribner's Sons
  - MDCCCCV
  - COPYRIGHT, 1899
  - NEW YORK
- New York
  - Charles Scribner's Sons
  - MDCCCCV
  - COPYRIGHT, 1899
  - NEW YORK
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- MDCCCCV
- COPYRIGHT, 1899
- NEW YORK
- INTRODUCTORY NOTE
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- NOOKS AND CORNERS
- OF OLD NEW YORK
- I
  - THE SITE OF FORT AMSTERDAM,
    - BUILT IN 1626.
    - WITHIN THE FORTIFICATIONS
    - WAS ERECTED THE FIRST
    - SUBSTANTIAL CHURCH EDIFICE
    - ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN.
    - IN 1787 THE FORT
    - WAS DEMOLISHED
    - AND THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE
    - BUILT UPON THIS SITE
    - 1636 1897
    - ON THIS SITE STOOD THE "STADHUIS"
    - OF NEW AMSTERDAM——ERECTED 1636
    - THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE IN LOVING MEMORY
    - OF THE FIRST DUTCH SETTLERS BY THE
    - HOLLAND DAMES OF THE NEW
    - NETHERLANDS AND THE
    - KNIGHTS OF THE LEGION OF THE CROWN
    - LAVINIA
    - KONIGIN
    - TO COMMEMORATE THE GALLANT AND PATRIOTIC
    - ACT OF MARINUS WILLETT IN HERE SEIZING
    - JUNE 6, 1775, FROM THE BRITISH FORCES THE
    - MUSKETS WITH WHICH HE ARMED HIS
    - TROOPS. THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY
    - THE SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE
    - REVOLUTION, NEW YORK, NOV. 12, 1892
    - THE SITE OF THE
    - FIRST DUTCH HOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT
    - ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN
    - LATER THE SITE OF THE OLD "STADT HUYS"
    - OR CITY HALL
    - THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY
    - THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
    - SEPTEMBER, 1890
    - ON THIS SITE
    - WILLIAM BRADFORD
    - APPOINTED
    - PUBLIC PRINTER
    - APRIL 10, A. D. 1693
    - ESTABLISHED THE FIRST
    - PRINTING PRESS
    - IN THE
    - COLONY OF NEW YORK
    - ERECTED BY THE
    - NEW YORK
    - HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    - APRIL 10, A. D. 1893
    - IN COMMEMORATION OF
    - THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY
    - OF THE INTRODUCTION
    - OF PRINTING IN
    - NEW YORK
    - HERE STOOD
    - THE MIDDLE DUTCH CHURCH
    - DEDICATED A. D. 1729
    - MADE A BRITISH MILITARY PRISON 1776
    - RESTORED 1790
    - OCCUPIED AS THE UNITED STATES POST-OFFICE
    - 1845-1875
    - TAKEN DOWN 1882
    - "GOLDEN HILL"
    - HERE, JAN. 18, 1770
    - THE FIGHT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THE
    - "SONS OF LIBERTY" AND THE
    - BRITISH REGULARS, 16TH FOOT
    - FIRST BLOODSHED IN THE
    - WAR OF THE REVOLUTION
    - ON THIS SITE IN THE
    - OLD SHAKESPEARE TAVERN
    - WAS ORGANIZED
    - THE SEVENTH REGIMENT
    - NATIONAL GUARD, S. N. Y.
    - AUG. 25, 1824
    - ON THE COMMON OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
    - NEAR WHERE THIS BUILDING NOW STANDS, THERE
    - STOOD FROM 1766 TO 1776 A LIBERTY POLE
    - ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE REPEAL OF THE
    - STAMP ACT. IT WAS REPEATEDLY DESTROYED BY
    - THE VIOLENCE OF THE TORIES AND AS REPEATEDLY
    - REPLACED BY THE SONS OF LIBERTY, WHO ORGANIZED
    - A CONSTANT WATCH AND GUARD. IN ITS
    - DEFENCE THE FIRST MARTYR BLOOD OF THE AMERICAN
    - REVOLUTION WAS SHED ON JAN. 18, 1770.
    - NEAR THIS SPOT IN THE PRESENCE OF
    - GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON
    - THE DECLARATION OF
    - INDEPENDENCE
    - WAS READ AND PUBLISHED
    - TO THE
    - AMERICAN ARMY
    - JULY 9TH, 1776
    - THE FIRST
    - PRESIDENTIAL MANSION
    - NO. 1 CHERRY STREET
    - OCCUPIED BY
    - GEORGE WASHINGTON
    - FROM APRIL 23, 1789
    - TO FEBRUARY 23, 1790
    - ERECTED BY THE
    - MARY WASHINGTON COLONIAL CHAPTER, D.A.R.
    - APRIL 30, 1899
  - BUILT IN 1626.
  - WITHIN THE FORTIFICATIONS
  - WAS ERECTED THE FIRST
  - SUBSTANTIAL CHURCH EDIFICE
  - ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN.
  - IN 1787 THE FORT
  - WAS DEMOLISHED
  - AND THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE
  - BUILT UPON THIS SITE
  - 1636 1897
  - ON THIS SITE STOOD THE "STADHUIS"
  - OF NEW AMSTERDAM——ERECTED 1636
  - THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE IN LOVING MEMORY
  - OF THE FIRST DUTCH SETTLERS BY THE
  - HOLLAND DAMES OF THE NEW
  - NETHERLANDS AND THE
  - KNIGHTS OF THE LEGION OF THE CROWN
  - LAVINIA
  - KONIGIN
  - TO COMMEMORATE THE GALLANT AND PATRIOTIC
  - ACT OF MARINUS WILLETT IN HERE SEIZING
  - JUNE 6, 1775, FROM THE BRITISH FORCES THE
  - MUSKETS WITH WHICH HE ARMED HIS
  - TROOPS. THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY
  - THE SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE
  - REVOLUTION, NEW YORK, NOV. 12, 1892
  - THE SITE OF THE
  - FIRST DUTCH HOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT
  - ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN
  - LATER THE SITE OF THE OLD "STADT HUYS"
  - OR CITY HALL
  - THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY
  - THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
  - SEPTEMBER, 1890
  - ON THIS SITE
  - WILLIAM BRADFORD
  - APPOINTED
  - PUBLIC PRINTER
  - APRIL 10, A. D. 1693
  - ESTABLISHED THE FIRST
  - PRINTING PRESS
  - IN THE
  - COLONY OF NEW YORK
  - ERECTED BY THE
  - NEW YORK
  - HISTORICAL SOCIETY
  - APRIL 10, A. D. 1893
  - IN COMMEMORATION OF
  - THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY
  - OF THE INTRODUCTION
  - OF PRINTING IN
  - NEW YORK
  - HERE STOOD
  - THE MIDDLE DUTCH CHURCH
  - DEDICATED A. D. 1729
  - MADE A BRITISH MILITARY PRISON 1776
  - RESTORED 1790
  - OCCUPIED AS THE UNITED STATES POST-OFFICE
  - 1845-1875
  - TAKEN DOWN 1882
  - "GOLDEN HILL"
  - HERE, JAN. 18, 1770
  - THE FIGHT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THE
  - "SONS OF LIBERTY" AND THE
  - BRITISH REGULARS, 16TH FOOT
  - FIRST BLOODSHED IN THE
  - WAR OF THE REVOLUTION
  - ON THIS SITE IN THE
  - OLD SHAKESPEARE TAVERN
  - WAS ORGANIZED
  - THE SEVENTH REGIMENT
  - NATIONAL GUARD, S. N. Y.
  - AUG. 25, 1824
  - ON THE COMMON OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
  - NEAR WHERE THIS BUILDING NOW STANDS, THERE
  - STOOD FROM 1766 TO 1776 A LIBERTY POLE
  - ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE REPEAL OF THE
  - STAMP ACT. IT WAS REPEATEDLY DESTROYED BY
  - THE VIOLENCE OF THE TORIES AND AS REPEATEDLY
  - REPLACED BY THE SONS OF LIBERTY, WHO ORGANIZED
  - A CONSTANT WATCH AND GUARD. IN ITS
  - DEFENCE THE FIRST MARTYR BLOOD OF THE AMERICAN
  - REVOLUTION WAS SHED ON JAN. 18, 1770.
  - NEAR THIS SPOT IN THE PRESENCE OF
  - GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON
  - THE DECLARATION OF
  - INDEPENDENCE
  - WAS READ AND PUBLISHED
  - TO THE
  - AMERICAN ARMY
  - JULY 9TH, 1776
  - THE FIRST
  - PRESIDENTIAL MANSION
  - NO. 1 CHERRY STREET
  - OCCUPIED BY
  - GEORGE WASHINGTON
  - FROM APRIL 23, 1789
  - TO FEBRUARY 23, 1790
  - ERECTED BY THE
  - MARY WASHINGTON COLONIAL CHAPTER, D.A.R.
  - APRIL 30, 1899
- THE SITE OF FORT AMSTERDAM,
  - BUILT IN 1626.
  - WITHIN THE FORTIFICATIONS
  - WAS ERECTED THE FIRST
  - SUBSTANTIAL CHURCH EDIFICE
  - ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN.
  - IN 1787 THE FORT
  - WAS DEMOLISHED
  - AND THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE
  - BUILT UPON THIS SITE
  - 1636 1897
  - ON THIS SITE STOOD THE "STADHUIS"
  - OF NEW AMSTERDAM——ERECTED 1636
  - THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE IN LOVING MEMORY
  - OF THE FIRST DUTCH SETTLERS BY THE
  - HOLLAND DAMES OF THE NEW
  - NETHERLANDS AND THE
  - KNIGHTS OF THE LEGION OF THE CROWN
  - LAVINIA
  - KONIGIN
  - TO COMMEMORATE THE GALLANT AND PATRIOTIC
  - ACT OF MARINUS WILLETT IN HERE SEIZING
  - JUNE 6, 1775, FROM THE BRITISH FORCES THE
  - MUSKETS WITH WHICH HE ARMED HIS
  - TROOPS. THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY
  - THE SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE
  - REVOLUTION, NEW YORK, NOV. 12, 1892
  - THE SITE OF THE
  - FIRST DUTCH HOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT
  - ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN
  - LATER THE SITE OF THE OLD "STADT HUYS"
  - OR CITY HALL
  - THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY
  - THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
  - SEPTEMBER, 1890
  - ON THIS SITE
  - WILLIAM BRADFORD
  - APPOINTED
  - PUBLIC PRINTER
  - APRIL 10, A. D. 1693
  - ESTABLISHED THE FIRST
  - PRINTING PRESS
  - IN THE
  - COLONY OF NEW YORK
  - ERECTED BY THE
  - NEW YORK
  - HISTORICAL SOCIETY
  - APRIL 10, A. D. 1893
  - IN COMMEMORATION OF
  - THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY
  - OF THE INTRODUCTION
  - OF PRINTING IN
  - NEW YORK
  - HERE STOOD
  - THE MIDDLE DUTCH CHURCH
  - DEDICATED A. D. 1729
  - MADE A BRITISH MILITARY PRISON 1776
  - RESTORED 1790
  - OCCUPIED AS THE UNITED STATES POST-OFFICE
  - 1845-1875
  - TAKEN DOWN 1882
  - "GOLDEN HILL"
  - HERE, JAN. 18, 1770
  - THE FIGHT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THE
  - "SONS OF LIBERTY" AND THE
  - BRITISH REGULARS, 16TH FOOT
  - FIRST BLOODSHED IN THE
  - WAR OF THE REVOLUTION
  - ON THIS SITE IN THE
  - OLD SHAKESPEARE TAVERN
  - WAS ORGANIZED
  - THE SEVENTH REGIMENT
  - NATIONAL GUARD, S. N. Y.
  - AUG. 25, 1824
  - ON THE COMMON OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
  - NEAR WHERE THIS BUILDING NOW STANDS, THERE
  - STOOD FROM 1766 TO 1776 A LIBERTY POLE
  - ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE REPEAL OF THE
  - STAMP ACT. IT WAS REPEATEDLY DESTROYED BY
  - THE VIOLENCE OF THE TORIES AND AS REPEATEDLY
  - REPLACED BY THE SONS OF LIBERTY, WHO ORGANIZED
  - A CONSTANT WATCH AND GUARD. IN ITS
  - DEFENCE THE FIRST MARTYR BLOOD OF THE AMERICAN
  - REVOLUTION WAS SHED ON JAN. 18, 1770.
  - NEAR THIS SPOT IN THE PRESENCE OF
  - GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON
  - THE DECLARATION OF
  - INDEPENDENCE
  - WAS READ AND PUBLISHED
  - TO THE
  - AMERICAN ARMY
  - JULY 9TH, 1776
  - THE FIRST
  - PRESIDENTIAL MANSION
  - NO. 1 CHERRY STREET
  - OCCUPIED BY
  - GEORGE WASHINGTON
  - FROM APRIL 23, 1789
  - TO FEBRUARY 23, 1790
  - ERECTED BY THE
  - MARY WASHINGTON COLONIAL CHAPTER, D.A.R.
  - APRIL 30, 1899
- BUILT IN 1626.
- WITHIN THE FORTIFICATIONS
- WAS ERECTED THE FIRST
- SUBSTANTIAL CHURCH EDIFICE
- ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN.
- IN 1787 THE FORT
- WAS DEMOLISHED
- AND THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE
- BUILT UPON THIS SITE
- 1636 1897
- ON THIS SITE STOOD THE "STADHUIS"
- OF NEW AMSTERDAM——ERECTED 1636
- THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE IN LOVING MEMORY
- OF THE FIRST DUTCH SETTLERS BY THE
- HOLLAND DAMES OF THE NEW
- NETHERLANDS AND THE
- KNIGHTS OF THE LEGION OF THE CROWN
- LAVINIA
- KONIGIN
- TO COMMEMORATE THE GALLANT AND PATRIOTIC
- ACT OF MARINUS WILLETT IN HERE SEIZING
- JUNE 6, 1775, FROM THE BRITISH FORCES THE
- MUSKETS WITH WHICH HE ARMED HIS
- TROOPS. THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY
- THE SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE
- REVOLUTION, NEW YORK, NOV. 12, 1892
- THE SITE OF THE
- FIRST DUTCH HOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT
- ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN
- LATER THE SITE OF THE OLD "STADT HUYS"
- OR CITY HALL
- THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY
- THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
- SEPTEMBER, 1890
- ON THIS SITE
- WILLIAM BRADFORD
- APPOINTED
- PUBLIC PRINTER
- APRIL 10, A. D. 1693
- ESTABLISHED THE FIRST
- PRINTING PRESS
- IN THE
- COLONY OF NEW YORK
- ERECTED BY THE
- NEW YORK
- HISTORICAL SOCIETY
- APRIL 10, A. D. 1893
- IN COMMEMORATION OF
- THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY
- OF THE INTRODUCTION
- OF PRINTING IN
- NEW YORK
- HERE STOOD
- THE MIDDLE DUTCH CHURCH
- DEDICATED A. D. 1729
- MADE A BRITISH MILITARY PRISON 1776
- RESTORED 1790
- OCCUPIED AS THE UNITED STATES POST-OFFICE
- 1845-1875
- TAKEN DOWN 1882
- "GOLDEN HILL"
- HERE, JAN. 18, 1770
- THE FIGHT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THE
- "SONS OF LIBERTY" AND THE
- BRITISH REGULARS, 16TH FOOT
- FIRST BLOODSHED IN THE
- WAR OF THE REVOLUTION
- ON THIS SITE IN THE
- OLD SHAKESPEARE TAVERN
- WAS ORGANIZED
- THE SEVENTH REGIMENT
- NATIONAL GUARD, S. N. Y.
- AUG. 25, 1824
- ON THE COMMON OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
- NEAR WHERE THIS BUILDING NOW STANDS, THERE
- STOOD FROM 1766 TO 1776 A LIBERTY POLE
- ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE REPEAL OF THE
- STAMP ACT. IT WAS REPEATEDLY DESTROYED BY
- THE VIOLENCE OF THE TORIES AND AS REPEATEDLY
- REPLACED BY THE SONS OF LIBERTY, WHO ORGANIZED
- A CONSTANT WATCH AND GUARD. IN ITS
- DEFENCE THE FIRST MARTYR BLOOD OF THE AMERICAN
- REVOLUTION WAS SHED ON JAN. 18, 1770.
- NEAR THIS SPOT IN THE PRESENCE OF
- GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON
- THE DECLARATION OF
- INDEPENDENCE
- WAS READ AND PUBLISHED
- TO THE
- AMERICAN ARMY
- JULY 9TH, 1776
- THE FIRST
- PRESIDENTIAL MANSION
- NO. 1 CHERRY STREET
- OCCUPIED BY
- GEORGE WASHINGTON
- FROM APRIL 23, 1789
- TO FEBRUARY 23, 1790
- ERECTED BY THE
- MARY WASHINGTON COLONIAL CHAPTER, D.A.R.
- APRIL 30, 1899
- II
- II
  - THIS TABLET MARKS THE SITE OF THE
    - FIRST HABITATIONS OF WHITE MEN
    - ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN
    - ADRIAN BLOCK
    - COMMANDER OF THE "TIGER"
    - ERECTED HERE FOUR HOUSES OR HUTS
    - AFTER HIS VESSEL WAS BURNED
    - NOVEMBER, 1613
    - HE BUILT THE RESTLESS, THE FIRST VESSEL
    - MADE BY EUROPEANS IN THIS COUNTRY
    - THE RESTLESS WAS LAUNCHED
    - IN THE SPRING OF 1614
    - W. C.
    - HEAR . LYES . THE . BODY
    - OF . RICHARD . CHVRCH
    - ER . SON . OF . WILLIA
    - M . CHVRCHER . WHO .
    - DIED . THE . 5 OF . APRIL
    - 1681 . OF . AGE 5 YEARS
    - AND . 5 . MONTHS
    - HERE LIES
    - DEPOSITED THE BODY OF
    - JAMES LEESON,
    - WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON
    - THE 28TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1794,
    - AGED 38 YEARS.
    - IN MEMORY OF
    - MICHAEL CRESAP
    - FIRST CAPTAIN OF THE
    - RIFLE BATTALIONS
    - AND SON OF COLONEL THOMAS CRESAP
    - WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
    - OCT. 18, A. D. 1775.
    - THE SITE OF
    - LIEUT. GOVE. DE LANCEY'S HOUSE,
    - LATER THE CITY HOTEL.
    - IT WAS HERE THAT THE NON-IMPORTATION
    - AGREEMENT, IN OPPOSITION TO THE STAMP
    - ACT, WAS SIGNED, OCT. 15TH, 1766. THE
    - TAVERN HAD MANY PROPRIETORS BY WHOSE
    - NAMES IT WAS SUCCESSIVELY CALLED. IT
    - WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE PROVINCE ARMS, THE
    - CITY ARMS AND BURNS COFFEE HOUSE OR TAVERN.
    - TO MARK THE LANDING PLACE OF
    - GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON,
    - JUNE 25, 1775,
    - ON HIS WAY TO CAMBRIDGE
    - TO COMMAND
    - THE AMERICAN ARMY.
  - FIRST HABITATIONS OF WHITE MEN
  - ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN
  - ADRIAN BLOCK
  - COMMANDER OF THE "TIGER"
  - ERECTED HERE FOUR HOUSES OR HUTS
  - AFTER HIS VESSEL WAS BURNED
  - NOVEMBER, 1613
  - HE BUILT THE RESTLESS, THE FIRST VESSEL
  - MADE BY EUROPEANS IN THIS COUNTRY
  - THE RESTLESS WAS LAUNCHED
  - IN THE SPRING OF 1614
  - W. C.
  - HEAR . LYES . THE . BODY
  - OF . RICHARD . CHVRCH
  - ER . SON . OF . WILLIA
  - M . CHVRCHER . WHO .
  - DIED . THE . 5 OF . APRIL
  - 1681 . OF . AGE 5 YEARS
  - AND . 5 . MONTHS
  - HERE LIES
  - DEPOSITED THE BODY OF
  - JAMES LEESON,
  - WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON
  - THE 28TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1794,
  - AGED 38 YEARS.
  - IN MEMORY OF
  - MICHAEL CRESAP
  - FIRST CAPTAIN OF THE
  - RIFLE BATTALIONS
  - AND SON OF COLONEL THOMAS CRESAP
  - WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
  - OCT. 18, A. D. 1775.
  - THE SITE OF
  - LIEUT. GOVE. DE LANCEY'S HOUSE,
  - LATER THE CITY HOTEL.
  - IT WAS HERE THAT THE NON-IMPORTATION
  - AGREEMENT, IN OPPOSITION TO THE STAMP
  - ACT, WAS SIGNED, OCT. 15TH, 1766. THE
  - TAVERN HAD MANY PROPRIETORS BY WHOSE
  - NAMES IT WAS SUCCESSIVELY CALLED. IT
  - WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE PROVINCE ARMS, THE
  - CITY ARMS AND BURNS COFFEE HOUSE OR TAVERN.
  - TO MARK THE LANDING PLACE OF
  - GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON,
  - JUNE 25, 1775,
  - ON HIS WAY TO CAMBRIDGE
  - TO COMMAND
  - THE AMERICAN ARMY.
- THIS TABLET MARKS THE SITE OF THE
  - FIRST HABITATIONS OF WHITE MEN
  - ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN
  - ADRIAN BLOCK
  - COMMANDER OF THE "TIGER"
  - ERECTED HERE FOUR HOUSES OR HUTS
  - AFTER HIS VESSEL WAS BURNED
  - NOVEMBER, 1613
  - HE BUILT THE RESTLESS, THE FIRST VESSEL
  - MADE BY EUROPEANS IN THIS COUNTRY
  - THE RESTLESS WAS LAUNCHED
  - IN THE SPRING OF 1614
  - W. C.
  - HEAR . LYES . THE . BODY
  - OF . RICHARD . CHVRCH
  - ER . SON . OF . WILLIA
  - M . CHVRCHER . WHO .
  - DIED . THE . 5 OF . APRIL
  - 1681 . OF . AGE 5 YEARS
  - AND . 5 . MONTHS
  - HERE LIES
  - DEPOSITED THE BODY OF
  - JAMES LEESON,
  - WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON
  - THE 28TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1794,
  - AGED 38 YEARS.
  - IN MEMORY OF
  - MICHAEL CRESAP
  - FIRST CAPTAIN OF THE
  - RIFLE BATTALIONS
  - AND SON OF COLONEL THOMAS CRESAP
  - WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
  - OCT. 18, A. D. 1775.
  - THE SITE OF
  - LIEUT. GOVE. DE LANCEY'S HOUSE,
  - LATER THE CITY HOTEL.
  - IT WAS HERE THAT THE NON-IMPORTATION
  - AGREEMENT, IN OPPOSITION TO THE STAMP
  - ACT, WAS SIGNED, OCT. 15TH, 1766. THE
  - TAVERN HAD MANY PROPRIETORS BY WHOSE
  - NAMES IT WAS SUCCESSIVELY CALLED. IT
  - WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE PROVINCE ARMS, THE
  - CITY ARMS AND BURNS COFFEE HOUSE OR TAVERN.
  - TO MARK THE LANDING PLACE OF
  - GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON,
  - JUNE 25, 1775,
  - ON HIS WAY TO CAMBRIDGE
  - TO COMMAND
  - THE AMERICAN ARMY.
- FIRST HABITATIONS OF WHITE MEN
- ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN
- ADRIAN BLOCK
- COMMANDER OF THE "TIGER"
- ERECTED HERE FOUR HOUSES OR HUTS
- AFTER HIS VESSEL WAS BURNED
- NOVEMBER, 1613
- HE BUILT THE RESTLESS, THE FIRST VESSEL
- MADE BY EUROPEANS IN THIS COUNTRY
- THE RESTLESS WAS LAUNCHED
- IN THE SPRING OF 1614
- W. C.
- HEAR . LYES . THE . BODY
- OF . RICHARD . CHVRCH
- ER . SON . OF . WILLIA
- M . CHVRCHER . WHO .
- DIED . THE . 5 OF . APRIL
- 1681 . OF . AGE 5 YEARS
- AND . 5 . MONTHS
- HERE LIES
- DEPOSITED THE BODY OF
- JAMES LEESON,
- WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON
- THE 28TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1794,
- AGED 38 YEARS.
- IN MEMORY OF
- MICHAEL CRESAP
- FIRST CAPTAIN OF THE
- RIFLE BATTALIONS
- AND SON OF COLONEL THOMAS CRESAP
- WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
- OCT. 18, A. D. 1775.
- THE SITE OF
- LIEUT. GOVE. DE LANCEY'S HOUSE,
- LATER THE CITY HOTEL.
- IT WAS HERE THAT THE NON-IMPORTATION
- AGREEMENT, IN OPPOSITION TO THE STAMP
- ACT, WAS SIGNED, OCT. 15TH, 1766. THE
- TAVERN HAD MANY PROPRIETORS BY WHOSE
- NAMES IT WAS SUCCESSIVELY CALLED. IT
- WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE PROVINCE ARMS, THE
- CITY ARMS AND BURNS COFFEE HOUSE OR TAVERN.
- TO MARK THE LANDING PLACE OF
- GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON,
- JUNE 25, 1775,
- ON HIS WAY TO CAMBRIDGE
- TO COMMAND
- THE AMERICAN ARMY.
- III
- III
  - IN THIS VAULT LIES BURIED
    - PETRUS STUYVESANT,
    - LATE CAPTAIN-GENERAL AND GOVERNOR IN CHIEF
    - OF AMSTERDAM IN NEW NETHERLAND
    - NOW CALLED NEW YORK
    - AND THE DUTCH WEST INDIES, DIED IN A. D. 1671/2
    - AGED 80 YEARS.
    - ON THIS CORNER GREW
    - PETRUS STUYVESANT'S PEAR TREE
    - RECALLED TO HOLLAND IN 1664,
    - ON HIS RETURN
    - HE BROUGHT THE PEAR TREE
    - AND PLANTED IT
    - AS HIS MEMORIAL,
    - "BY WHICH," SAID HE, "MY NAME
    - MAY BE REMEMBERED."
    - THE PEAR TREE FLOURISHED
    - AND BORE FRUIT FOR OVER
    - TWO HUNDRED YEARS.
    - THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY
    - THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
    - OF NEW YORK
    - SEPTEMBER, 1890.
    - GRAMERCY PARK
    - FOUNDED BY
    - SAMUEL B. RUGGLES
    - 1831
    - COMMEMORATED BY THIS TABLET
    - IMBEDDED IN
    - THE GRAMERCY FARM BY
    - JOHN RUGGLES STRONG.
    - 1875.
  - PETRUS STUYVESANT,
  - LATE CAPTAIN-GENERAL AND GOVERNOR IN CHIEF
  - OF AMSTERDAM IN NEW NETHERLAND
  - NOW CALLED NEW YORK
  - AND THE DUTCH WEST INDIES, DIED IN A. D. 1671/2
  - AGED 80 YEARS.
  - ON THIS CORNER GREW
  - PETRUS STUYVESANT'S PEAR TREE
  - RECALLED TO HOLLAND IN 1664,
  - ON HIS RETURN
  - HE BROUGHT THE PEAR TREE
  - AND PLANTED IT
  - AS HIS MEMORIAL,
  - "BY WHICH," SAID HE, "MY NAME
  - MAY BE REMEMBERED."
  - THE PEAR TREE FLOURISHED
  - AND BORE FRUIT FOR OVER
  - TWO HUNDRED YEARS.
  - THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY
  - THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
  - OF NEW YORK
  - SEPTEMBER, 1890.
  - GRAMERCY PARK
  - FOUNDED BY
  - SAMUEL B. RUGGLES
  - 1831
  - COMMEMORATED BY THIS TABLET
  - IMBEDDED IN
  - THE GRAMERCY FARM BY
  - JOHN RUGGLES STRONG.
  - 1875.
- IN THIS VAULT LIES BURIED
  - PETRUS STUYVESANT,
  - LATE CAPTAIN-GENERAL AND GOVERNOR IN CHIEF
  - OF AMSTERDAM IN NEW NETHERLAND
  - NOW CALLED NEW YORK
  - AND THE DUTCH WEST INDIES, DIED IN A. D. 1671/2
  - AGED 80 YEARS.
  - ON THIS CORNER GREW
  - PETRUS STUYVESANT'S PEAR TREE
  - RECALLED TO HOLLAND IN 1664,
  - ON HIS RETURN
  - HE BROUGHT THE PEAR TREE
  - AND PLANTED IT
  - AS HIS MEMORIAL,
  - "BY WHICH," SAID HE, "MY NAME
  - MAY BE REMEMBERED."
  - THE PEAR TREE FLOURISHED
  - AND BORE FRUIT FOR OVER
  - TWO HUNDRED YEARS.
  - THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY
  - THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
  - OF NEW YORK
  - SEPTEMBER, 1890.
  - GRAMERCY PARK
  - FOUNDED BY
  - SAMUEL B. RUGGLES
  - 1831
  - COMMEMORATED BY THIS TABLET
  - IMBEDDED IN
  - THE GRAMERCY FARM BY
  - JOHN RUGGLES STRONG.
  - 1875.
- PETRUS STUYVESANT,
- LATE CAPTAIN-GENERAL AND GOVERNOR IN CHIEF
- OF AMSTERDAM IN NEW NETHERLAND
- NOW CALLED NEW YORK
- AND THE DUTCH WEST INDIES, DIED IN A. D. 1671/2
- AGED 80 YEARS.
- ON THIS CORNER GREW
- PETRUS STUYVESANT'S PEAR TREE
- RECALLED TO HOLLAND IN 1664,
- ON HIS RETURN
- HE BROUGHT THE PEAR TREE
- AND PLANTED IT
- AS HIS MEMORIAL,
- "BY WHICH," SAID HE, "MY NAME
- MAY BE REMEMBERED."
- THE PEAR TREE FLOURISHED
- AND BORE FRUIT FOR OVER
- TWO HUNDRED YEARS.
- THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY
- THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
- OF NEW YORK
- SEPTEMBER, 1890.
- GRAMERCY PARK
- FOUNDED BY
- SAMUEL B. RUGGLES
- 1831
- COMMEMORATED BY THIS TABLET
- IMBEDDED IN
- THE GRAMERCY FARM BY
- JOHN RUGGLES STRONG.
- 1875.
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