Old buildings of New York City, with some notes regarding their origin and occupants . ults of the labors ofthe conference. He received many decorations andhonors from the learned societies of the w^orld, but hisdislike of was such that he was never knownto wear one of the decorations, emblems, etc., that wereconferred upon him.* The ]\Iansard roof has been added to the house sinceits occupation by the Rutherfurd family and the en-trance removed from the avenue to the side street. ^Vhen the house and grounds of the late Fish, on Stuyvesant Square, were sold afew years
Old buildings of New York City, with some notes regarding their origin and occupants . ults of the labors ofthe conference. He received many decorations andhonors from the learned societies of the w^orld, but hisdislike of was such that he was never knownto wear one of the decorations, emblems, etc., that wereconferred upon him.* The ]\Iansard roof has been added to the house sinceits occupation by the Rutherfurd family and the en-trance removed from the avenue to the side street. ^Vhen the house and grounds of the late Fish, on Stuyvesant Square, were sold afew years ago, it was said that there had been no trans-fer of the site except by devise or descent since the timeof the old Governor. The same might be said of this * Nat. Cyclop, of Am. Biog., vol. VI, p. 360. 54 Former Residence of the Late Lewis M. Rutherfurd property. Stuyvesaiits house, in wliich, it is said, thepapers were signed transferring the province to theBritish Crown, stood close to this spot. The house isthe property of Rutherfurd Stuyvesant, a son of Lewis]M. Rutherfurd. 55.
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