. Historic buildings now standing in New York, which were erected prior to eighteen hundred. ate of worldly goods thatwas valued by the assessors at £174 10s. His grandson John Lefferts was a judge ofthe Court of Sessions and Common Pleas from 1751 to 1761, and a county judge from1761 until his death. He was also a town clerk of Flatbush and a delegate to theProvincial Congress. His son Pieter Lefferts was lieutenant of the militia of Flat-bush and a prominent patriot. The original homestead of the Lefferts was burnedby Americans while they were engaging the British in the battle of Flatbush,
. Historic buildings now standing in New York, which were erected prior to eighteen hundred. ate of worldly goods thatwas valued by the assessors at £174 10s. His grandson John Lefferts was a judge ofthe Court of Sessions and Common Pleas from 1751 to 1761, and a county judge from1761 until his death. He was also a town clerk of Flatbush and a delegate to theProvincial Congress. His son Pieter Lefferts was lieutenant of the militia of Flat-bush and a prominent patriot. The original homestead of the Lefferts was burnedby Americans while they were engaging the British in the battle of Flatbush, becausethe British were using it as a protection from the enemy. Soon after the close of thewar Mr. Lefferts rebuilt it as closely as possible after the original design, and this isthe house reproduced here. He was a State senator and a judge of the Court ofSessions and Common Pleas. His son John was county treasurer, a member of theState Constitution Committee, and a State senator. The house has been in the pos-session of the Lefferts family for almost two hundred and fifty years. [37]. r t GRACIE HOUSE East River Park and 88th Street. Built before 1800 This charming old house stands upon what was once known as Horns Hook,and commands a view of Hell Gate and the neighboring shore. At the beginningof the nineteenth century Josiah Quincy, Bostons great mayor, who was entertainedthere at dinner, described enthusiastically the beautiful situation that overlooked thewild waters of Hell Gate. The estate belonged to Archibald Gracie, who came to this country from Scot-land at the close of the Revolutionary War, and became one of the largest ship-ownersin the country, his ships visiting every port in the world. He bought the estate atGracies Point from the heirs of Jacob Walton, and built the house some time beforethe end of the eighteenth century. His wife was Esther, the grand-daughter ofThomas Fitch, of Connecticut. Here he entertained Washington Irving, who de-scribes him as an o
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