Valentine's manual of the city of New York, 1917-1918 . erica in 1823 he declined a seat inMonroes cabinet and in 1824 he declined to be a candi-date for vice-presidency, to which he was nominated bythe Democratic Party. John Quincy Adams appointedhim Minister to Great Britain. Returning to Americain 1827 he took up his residence in New York, livingthen at 113 Bleecker street. In 1828, at the suggestionof the first John Jacob Astor, he was made president ofthe new National Bank. In 1829 he moved fromBleecker street to No. 5 Bond street. In 1843 he waselected president of the New York Historic
Valentine's manual of the city of New York, 1917-1918 . erica in 1823 he declined a seat inMonroes cabinet and in 1824 he declined to be a candi-date for vice-presidency, to which he was nominated bythe Democratic Party. John Quincy Adams appointedhim Minister to Great Britain. Returning to Americain 1827 he took up his residence in New York, livingthen at 113 Bleecker street. In 1828, at the suggestionof the first John Jacob Astor, he was made president ofthe new National Bank. In 1829 he moved fromBleecker street to No. 5 Bond street. In 1843 he waselected president of the New York Historical Society,which office he held until his death in 1849 at the ageof eighty-eight. In 1833, No. 5 became the residence of one of Amer-icas most distinguished soldiers, Winfield Scott, then amajor-general and second in command of the army. Hebecame commander-in-chief upon the death of Major-General Alexander Macomb in 184T. When General Scottleft New York in 1835 his house in Bond street was takenby William Kent, judge of the Circuit Court and one [220]. Kighlh Street and Fourth Avenue—Aberles Theatre, formerly the Chuichof St. Ann. Present site of the new Wanamaker Building —1880. of the leaders of the New York bar. His fame, however,is overshadowed by that of his father, the great Chan-cellor. Trior to talcing the Scott house, Judge Kent hadlived two years at No. 39 Bond street. For a number ofyears he was a trustee of New York University. In 1840he moved to Fourth avenue, near Fifteenth street, and Bond street was then taken by the Pell family (prev-iously at 13 St. Marks place), who remained there forupwards of fifteen years. No. 6 Bond street was the home of one of old NewYorks solid and substantial citizens, Andrew S. Nor-wood, merchant, of the firm of Norwood and Austin, 146Pearl street. He came to No. 6 from 622 Broadway in1829 and in 1840 moved to 165 Twelfth street, now 15East Twelfth street. A few years later he moved to 199(now 325) West Fourteenth street. A
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