. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. cnmda-tion. Tlie property in 1742 (the year in wtiieli Stone . Sir Peter Warren Imilt tlie man-sion) belonf,eil to tlie In 174!j (.Tune 7) Bayard, the widow ol Peter Bayard,sold the lots \os. 1, 2, and 3 Broadway to Arehihidd Kennedy, tlie to the sale beingPhilip Van Cortlandt and Peter .Schuylctr. Neither was built until some years afterthis. Abntrad of Title in Book < (eoninieiiced in ), in of Major-deneralJ. Watts de Peyster. 656 HLSTORY OF TllK CITY OF NEW
. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. cnmda-tion. Tlie property in 1742 (the year in wtiieli Stone . Sir Peter Warren Imilt tlie man-sion) belonf,eil to tlie In 174!j (.Tune 7) Bayard, the widow ol Peter Bayard,sold the lots \os. 1, 2, and 3 Broadway to Arehihidd Kennedy, tlie to the sale beingPhilip Van Cortlandt and Peter .Schuylctr. Neither was built until some years afterthis. Abntrad of Title in Book < (eoninieiiced in ), in of Major-deneralJ. Watts de Peyster. 656 HLSTORY OF TllK CITY OF NEW YORK. widu lialls, grand staircases, aud spacious rooms; the parlor was aboutlitty ieet in length, with a graceful bow opening upon a porch large enoughfor a, cotillou-party. The Ijanqueting-liall was a magnificent from its extraordinary dimensions, its walls and ceilings were elab-orately decorated. Captain Kennedys eldest son was born in this man-sion, \\\m became not only the twelfth Earl of Cassilis, but the first Mar-quis of Fraunces Tavern.(The old r>o Lanccy Mansion.) For description sec page y^<). LETTER OF JAMES ALEXAXDER. (jTjT CHAPTER XXVIII. 1755 - FRENCH WAR. of James Alexander. — .Shiklkv in lidsmx. — Victhry oi-- the People of NewVoiiK. —Declaration of Wau. —The Eaiil of Loudoun. — Mayou John Cruoei:. — New Yokk Oppressed. — Boundary — Riots at JIanor. Governor Hardy —Benjamin Franklin. —The Kite. The Postal Routes of Ajieriua. — Loss of Fort William Henry. — Loudoun and — Recall of Loudoun. — Change in the English Minlstry. — Captureof Fort Uu — Defeat and Recall of Auercuombie. — General Wolfe. —Capture of Quebec. — Genei;al Amherst. — William Walton.—The WaltonHouse. — Death of Lieutenant-Governor De Lancey. — Dr. Cadwallader ColdenLieutenant-Governor of New York. —Governor Monckton. — of Georg
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