. History of the city of New York: its origin, rise and progress . ommissionwas prepared appointingRobert Hunter Morrislieutenant - governor ofNew York, and it lay forsome time in the Secre-tary of States office. Itwas afterwards annulled,the De Lancey influenceat court having turnedthe Henry Barclay had been rector of Trinity Church since October,1746. Clinton signed his certificate of induction, although his Excellencywas rarely ever seen in the sanctuary; he was not a religious man. In1748 the subject of Ijuilding St. Georges Chapel was agitated, and sixlots fronting on Nassau, n
. History of the city of New York: its origin, rise and progress . ommissionwas prepared appointingRobert Hunter Morrislieutenant - governor ofNew York, and it lay forsome time in the Secre-tary of States office. Itwas afterwards annulled,the De Lancey influenceat court having turnedthe Henry Barclay had been rector of Trinity Church since October,1746. Clinton signed his certificate of induction, although his Excellencywas rarely ever seen in the sanctuary; he was not a religious man. In1748 the subject of Ijuilding St. Georges Chapel was agitated, and sixlots fronting on Nassau, near Pair Street, were selected as a site, andbought of David Clarkson for £500. Shortly after, some lots belongingto Colonel Beeknian, fronting Beekman, near Cliff Street, were esteemedmore suitable. They were accordingly purchased for £ 645. The corner-stone of the edifice was laid in 1749, a few weeks prior to the marriage ofthe minister (Mr. Barclay) to the daughter of Anthony Rutgers. Thevery next evening, Mr. Barclays assistant, Rev. ]Mr. Auchmuty, was 62. St. Georges Chapel, 1752. A GLIMPSE OF NEW YORK IN 1752. 633 married to Mrs. Tucker. Both ladies were spoken of in the highestterms of praise by the journals of the day. The chapel was not com-pleted until 1752, and was consecrated in July of that year. Its aisleswere flagged with gray stone, and its decorations were very unique. Itwas ninety-two by seventy-two feet upon the ground; the steeple waslofty, about one hundred and seventy-five feet high, but irregular. Itwas a striking object so far from the town and regarded with no little in-terest. A parsonage was subsequently built adjoining the chapel edifice,but for a time it stood almost alone upon the pretty elevation, with onlyan occasional house here and there in the neighborhood.^ The Moravians had become so numerous that they built a small chapelin Fulton Street, about the same time. A number of stores and pri-vate houses sprang into existence; the mayor, Edward
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