. The magazine of American history with notes and queries. when that refrac-tory little parliament in New York city impeached the integrity of theroyal governor, George Clinton, in 1747, the representative from the manorwas one of the number who locked the doors of their chamber, and laidthe key on the table, to keep his Excellencys message waiting on the out-side until they had prepared some resolutions for his discomfiture. Inthe approach of the Revolution, and in all the vicissitudes of the times,the influence of the manor was found invariably on the side of popularliberty and the people. ^
. The magazine of American history with notes and queries. when that refrac-tory little parliament in New York city impeached the integrity of theroyal governor, George Clinton, in 1747, the representative from the manorwas one of the number who locked the doors of their chamber, and laidthe key on the table, to keep his Excellencys message waiting on the out-side until they had prepared some resolutions for his discomfiture. Inthe approach of the Revolution, and in all the vicissitudes of the times,the influence of the manor was found invariably on the side of popularliberty and the people. ^Z^y±^^7 o£a<***dr- BEGINNINGS OF THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK As New England Societies are now a power in the land, it may enter-tain the readers of the Magazine of American History, to learn somethingof the original organization of the first one of its kind in America—theNew England Society of New York. In 1805, when the metropolis was a much smaller and a very differentcity from the New York of to-day, James Watson, the first president of. JAMES WATSON, FIRST PRESIDENT OK THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY [From a Painting by Trumbull. JVol. XI—No. i.—3 34 BEGINNINGS OF THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK the New England Society, then a gentleman of leisure, culture and hospital-ity, resided in a handsome old-time mansion, in the shady and gently curvedstreet bordering the Battery Park. He was much respected in his littleworld, was the intimate friend of General Samuel B. Webb, and ofTrumbull, the famous artist, and many other persons of eminence. Hedied, however, in early middle life, and might have passed from the memoryof man—as he left no kin—but for a beautiful portrait painted by hisfriend Trumbull, which hangs before me as I write these lines. We findhim represented in the picture as a man of some forty well rounded years,with a florid complexion, high forehead fringed by soft hair gathered backin a queue, beautiful eyes, a pleasing expression of countenance
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