New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-28

part Of the city begond the,Tca- Water Pump was
described under the general name Of Out Ward
What is Pearl-st now was Quecn-st. then, at
least until it ran into Hanover Square Below
the square the people Of that day called 1t Dock
St, only that single block which fronted on the
Battery being known by the name that is gwen
to-day to the entire length of that ancient thor
oughiaie. In the old Dutch times it cow
path leading out from the city wall still called
TO mind by the name of that narrow length OF
street which now contains many Of the strongest
financial institutions Of the world. The cows Of
cur Dutch fathers laid out Pear-st, on their way
70 Bcckman's Meadows. below the Collect Pond
where they had their pastGrage, and they took
this circular rOutc to escape the big hills that rose
on either side Of the depression still known a.
" The swamp The most norherly OF these elc
vations was just above Franfort-st., and until The
beginning of the present century, when 1t began
TO hc lcvcllcd II was called Cow Foot Hill.
\ ramblc of less than four miles in / $50 would
take one around the entire circumference Of the
city, which ran along the Hudson for less than one
mile and along the East River less than two
The residents in Broadway and in Qncen-st had
gardens extending to the water-irOntS, where
many of them kept private docks, and where quite
d fleet Of cat-bOatS could be seen floating at an
Choir drawn up on the shore. Broadway and
Wallst. were the chief centres Of wealth and
fashion though the founders Of houses whose de-
scend hts are to-day conspicuous among the leaders
Of Ncw-Yo rl< society then lived, usually over their
places Of bus ness in the little side streets around
Hanover Square. The Livingston house were in
Wall-st. where Alexander Hamilton, Robert
1roup Daniel c. Vcrplanck Nicholas Low and
the Blccccrs also had their homes. Nicholas
Cruecr lived in Dullc-st now part Of Stone, a
fvc.minutc walk from his great wharvcs. The
Bowncs and The Brcvoors, Samuel Franklin. who
gave his name to Franklin Square Robert LcnoX
Robert G.. Livingston, Eilincham Lawrence. john
Murray IT, and Colonel Serbia all lived in Queen
st. The BroomcS and the Barclays, old Peter
Gocct and George McEvcrs largely monopohzcd
Hanover Suuare The Rhinclandcrs lived in
Watcr-st. Aaron Burr, thrty-thrcc years old, n
colonel the InSpccor-Gcncral of New-lorlI. and
about TO become United States Senator, was
practising h,y at No. 10 Little Queen St, now
known aS Ccdar-st. Already he and Hamilton
were rivals at the bar, and already he had cstab-
lishcd reputation for exalted talents and un-
lathomablc mcannc>S Rufus King. younger even
than Burr, was Icing at Maiden Lane and Will
iarn.st. with his fathcr-in-aw, John Al>op. His
bride. one of the most beautiful women Of the
cYoch. dark tall and graceful. equipped with an
education Altogether unusual ana native accom-
pshmcntS of hiSh order, received much at
tcntion and was honorcd with singular marks of
Lady Wa>hincton's regard. Colonel Ducr, soon
to be Hamilton, Assistant Secretary Of the Treas
urv IA native EnglShman. a favorltc Of Lord
Give in India but from his earliest residence III
America warm and true hearted patriot, lived
with his homcy but brilliant wife, the Lady
Kitty, in Broadway just opposite II. Iau'S.
Lady Kitty Duer was the daughter OF LORD STR
ling She and her sister, Lady Mary Watts. were
cousins Of Mrs Jay, VINO was Livingston. Chan
i,.i,, al IA II
and il WAS the centre of the most delightful
social circle in the city. Ills wonderful mother
md his superb si>Ier> entertained here with the
largest sort Of lihc.,lity. Their drawne-rt ON
was filled almost nightly with literary and artistic
people In the ordinary sense Of the term, 1t was
not an exclusive drawing room. 1t WAS open
10 all whose ability and character had been
demonstrated.
Gerard BccRman was back in his magnificent
home in Hanover Square from which the British
bad so long cxihd him. where Admiral Dighy had
lived in almost royal state and had entertained
Youthful Majesty. Here Prince William, on
visit L. the Kings American dominionN, had danced
minuetS with il certain sweet ll1tlc Tory maiden
whose portrait. probably in a grandamcs cap.
the present d. Pcy>tcrs may be able o. show you'
10 whom hc lost MS royal heart and from whom
The discreet old admiral bore him away in hurry.
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and with much OF jh, ceremony they had ac-
nrirod from long official residences in Paris and
Madrid Not far from them lived the Secretary
If War, General Knox, in one Of tir largest and
lard>amc>i If lou->, where, with the charming
,yif, he had captured from Tory home. h' enter
tanned uunihccuily upon the fortune acquired
before lr EFT The couutin room for the camp.
\cro,, tine street from the War secret rvs house
v..s another, scarcely Is coHspcuou> III the
fashionable world where Sir John and Lady
Temple l:ivc brilliant dmu'rN twice month ana
received every Tuesday from October until Lent.
Lady Temple was the daughter Of Governor
Eow,Ioiu. II Massachusetts. In klp-St, the
Na>>au-st Of to-day, and just beyond kng-St,
which we now call Pine. lived the Mayor, Mr.
Duane. in .rcpt state and ailiurncc. His wife was
, Ii,iu.->roi.. and a woman of rare social talent
Iirbord VaricI. for thirty years Recorder Of the
c,ty. with HI, wife. formerly Miss Roosevelt,
lived in Doc',->I, below Hanover square
Two If fine finest houses Of this period were the
kcun,ly mansion and the home Of Colonel Wal
tom The site of In, Kennedy house, which re
manned >,andIn. until a few years ago a the Old
WASHINGTON Hotel" wa, at No. Broadway,
where TN. Field Building now towers alofL More
memories associated with events witch are
,..t.,,ed immu,ahly in history are attached Il
TIN, ancient spot than to any other on Manhattan
Island The Kennedy house WIS built 10y Captain
Archibald Kennedy. Of the British Navy, who
of1crvard succeeded TO TIE ttrN aud estates Of
The Earl OF Cas>Iho. Captain Kennedy married
Ann Watts, a daughter Of John Watts, the Tory.
and settling here, expected I" make TINS house,
then a vcritablc place, his PERMANENT home. IA
well by reason Of It's situation Is Of IT. size ana
comfortable interior, IT became. during the war.
the headquarters of each commander succcsSlvey
When Washington sent Lee to examine the de-
fences Of New York in l77j, II was here that Lee
found if convenient to stop. Here Putnam, TIL
he WAS driven up into Westminster County. made
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