Old New York yesterday & today . ^e&i forks T)[trst Municipal ISutlbing—(III]c ^tabt 3HugB Located at the corner ofCoenties Slip and Pearl Street, which then faced the river, this building sheltered the early Bur-gomasters and Schepens and other city officials. The home of Governor Lovelace, afterwards a tavern, adjoins it on theleft. The St. Nicholas Society owns a copper wind-vane, presented to it by Washington Irving, which is supposed to havecome from the cupola of this building when it was demolished in ©t|C JIftrst CUapttnl ^utlbing of tlir ilmirh S^latrs dplb jfcbEral ^all, ^all
Old New York yesterday & today . ^e&i forks T)[trst Municipal ISutlbing—(III]c ^tabt 3HugB Located at the corner ofCoenties Slip and Pearl Street, which then faced the river, this building sheltered the early Bur-gomasters and Schepens and other city officials. The home of Governor Lovelace, afterwards a tavern, adjoins it on theleft. The St. Nicholas Society owns a copper wind-vane, presented to it by Washington Irving, which is supposed to havecome from the cupola of this building when it was demolished in ©t|C JIftrst CUapttnl ^utlbing of tlir ilmirh S^latrs dplb jfcbEral ^all, ^all ana Ka 1 ^trEEtB, 1783, itofa BiJe of ^ub-Sr In this building Washington was inaugurated President. It was here that he signed the papers creating the Supreme Court of the United States. It was here also that he appointed Jefferson minister to France. Hamiltons greatest achievements were planned and largely executed within its walls.
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