. History of the city of New York: its origin, rise and progress . Portrait of Wynant Van Zandt. From an oriijinal painting in possession of the family. 34 UlSTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. David Clarkson, second son of Hon. David Clarkson, so long active in New York cityaffairs, was agrandson of theMatthew Clark-son, notable asSecretary of theProvince,whosefather was aneminent Eng-lish divine andwhose motherwas of royaldescent.^ Da-vid (2d) wasone of the sub-stantial men ofthe city at thisperiod,— wide-ly known andwidely honored,middle - aged,rich withoutpride, and lib-eral without os-tentatio
. History of the city of New York: its origin, rise and progress . Portrait of Wynant Van Zandt. From an oriijinal painting in possession of the family. 34 UlSTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. David Clarkson, second son of Hon. David Clarkson, so long active in New York cityaffairs, was agrandson of theMatthew Clark-son, notable asSecretary of theProvince,whosefather was aneminent Eng-lish divine andwhose motherwas of royaldescent.^ Da-vid (2d) wasone of the sub-stantial men ofthe city at thisperiod,— wide-ly known andwidely honored,middle - aged,rich withoutpride, and lib-eral without os-tentation. He, like his father before him, had been educated in Europe. Portrait of Mrs. Wynant Van Zandt. From an original painting in possession of the family. served honorabl} his country throughout theRevolution. His wife and beautiful daughter,Catharine (born in 1760), fled to Morristown,New Jersey, during the oceupation of NewYork by the English. It was this Miss VanZandt who was one of the leading V)elles at theInauguration Ball of our first President, andmariied, in 1788, James Homer Maxwell, sonof the founder of the first banking establish-ment in New York. In 1796, Louis Philippe, ~-while in New York, was entertained by Wy-nant Van Zandt (3d), and after his return toFrance wrote an autogi-aph letter of thanks for ~~the hospitality shown him, sending at the same ^ time to Van Zandt a beautiful watch-seal as -Sa token of appreciation and remembrance, of which the sketch is a careful copy. ^ Gift from Louis Philippe dOrleans to Wynant Van Zandt *- ^ m 1796. 1 Rev. David Clarkson was born at Brad-ford, England, in 1622, and completed his studies at
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