The sun., 1892-05-08
BrM,wDERs or THE rAsn
veper rabie Men, Famous Landmarks, AeeA
Au,wols, anA OLD Ohtects.

city Tor eighty years. he was oorh III hAns
over. Morris county. n. H. wnere MS kEanu-
father settled lust before the he'o.uuon' ihe
Record of tho Tappan Family LOT the name
is spelled ihdiscriminately WIN 'ne = "ho
the e. shows that on his fathers SIDE MS an-
cestors settled In Newbury MASS. In loSh Coi.
Tnnpcn walks from his residence on Eass
Sixty-eighth street. New YORK; uowh 70 wan
street on any line morning. SMOKES QUO ciseS
day. uses wine In moderation. mas eFeaSs
granddaughter Fl years OF age. mas mad eleven
children born to him. and hasn't taken "
cents worth OF medicine In sixty years Ooi.
Inppen Is tho oldest eS-ofiiceholder OF New
iorR ci'y. having been commissioner OF iup-
Tic Works from 1888 to 1881 he is
very s'riking.looking man. and his blue
eyes nrc ms clear as iifty years since.
lie laid tho foundations OF his fortune as an
architect. ana many ot his houses built Sixty
or seventy years since are as good as ever.
The two oldest pensioners on the rolls OF tho
Now York Pension Otice ana two OF tho oldess
In the United States although pensioners are
prorerbially long lived. arc Gen. Tupper ana
Gen. DALEY. They are veterans OF 1872.
Nothing inanimate ages so humanity ana
picturesquely as tho dwelling house. The old.
est inhabited mansion in the United States. In
all probability-that is. tho Oldest now stand.
Ing and now inhabited-in which men have
lived continuously since its foundation. ana
certainly tho oldest IN tho state OF Now YORK.
Is in Rensselaer, county. near Albany. 1t is the
house OF killian Van Kensselaer. IN the SUB
urbs OF the New York state capital. which IL
called Grconhnsh. 1t is OF brick with gam.
brcl roof. and looks out over the Hudson River.
In its trout aro two Sits through which the
early Van Eensselacrs used to shoot blunder-
busscs ut the Indians One ol the walls bears .
plato set UP by the Albany nyCommemoratlveSo So-
clcty. the Inscription on which says that the
mansion IL tho Oldest III tho United states ana
was built in 1862. Behind 1t was well. on tho
coping Of which. according to tradition.
Yankee Doodle" was composed. during the
french ana indian war. which preceded the
war OF the Revolution. This house has been
inhabited by some OF the Van fensselaers un-
til within few years. In ono OF Its railways
the Dutch reformed worshippers OF the early
days held religious services. Tho boards In
the floor and in some OF tho walls were cut out
with adzes. and some OF them are said TO be q
foot thick. Nobody seems to know who wrote
Yankee Doodle though the tradition Is that
its author was British officer. who. standing
by this well. composed IN mocking MOOD q
burlesnue national anthemto tho tune OF the :
NoEues March.
The Oldest house in tho city OF New York. at
the southeast corner OF Pearl and Broad
streets. has recently been adapted to modern
requirements. but Its walls are intact. 1t was
built In the early part OF the eighteenth cen-
turJ rs the city nome OF Ltlenhe De Lancy.
Some time before the war OF the revolution
began 1t mad become O tavern. ana It's coHee
room and its landlord. Black sam Fraunce.
were famous about town. ABrltish snip lying
OIL the battery. the Asia by name. iirod can
non ball into New York at the time OF the
Stamp act outbreak and bedded it into the
walls Of Hncl; sam's tavcrn. The "lonp
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washinSton's farewell | VI" to m his officer officers. 4
saloon and shoemaker shop are to be found
dence. and the sign. Furnished Rooms To
her Is . hea. inc reari s'ree. ,e,h. entrhace
The needle oldest s1 american playwright ] Is SAID.
eight Of his nlavs have been produced IN this
cnnntrv Va tnot NV tho nrofossion -, - nlan'
writing In 1s4o. and is therefore called the
nioneer In H. During the tlftjes II is said ona
of Mr.. Gaylcr's plays was running at each one
OF the six frst-class theatres then in existence
in the e city, city Of New York; The New presi-
oeh.; from ms pen; T.. was the m llrst production
teentn ten srse His Bn nun was ths d. rs
wsr ~ nov ,,''' LAD "'' ''" was '''' A'''
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service vice in in the h United d.. States is BENJAMIN
baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Aug.
TX, 1a4U, when barely 20 yenrs Of age. He
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began as nreman OH an engine running be-
tween Baltimore and Cumberland. In two
years he was made engineer of n first. .class
oa,.; H. -; - s - " 80 s- .
passenger tram. he ls now ana has been for
more than thirty years in the employ Of the
Eric Ruiroad COMPANY. He ia called the
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