A home geography of New York city . st side and was of more importance in Washingtons time; but there were bouweries and villageson the west side also. Themost important west-sidevillages were Greenwich,Chelsea, and Bloomingdale. Greenwich village ex-tended along the Hudsonriver from about Charlton Washingtons Desk in the City Hall g^^.^^^ ^^ i^^^ ^^^^^^^ Before the fighting began in 1776 Washington had his headquarters inGreenwich village. He was living there when he became interestedin Hamilton. Chelsea village extended from about 19th street to24tli street. Bloomingdale village extended alo
A home geography of New York city . st side and was of more importance in Washingtons time; but there were bouweries and villageson the west side also. Themost important west-sidevillages were Greenwich,Chelsea, and Bloomingdale. Greenwich village ex-tended along the Hudsonriver from about Charlton Washingtons Desk in the City Hall g^^.^^^ ^^ i^^^ ^^^^^^^ Before the fighting began in 1776 Washington had his headquarters inGreenwich village. He was living there when he became interestedin Hamilton. Chelsea village extended from about 19th street to24tli street. Bloomingdale village extended along Broadway fromabout 66th street to 90th street. These boundaries are not may learn the exact boundaries when you are older. Greenwich was once an Indian village, then a Dutch farm, thenan English settlement two miles from the city. For all these reasonswe take a great deal of interest in Greenwich village. It is nowonly a very small part of a very large city. Abingdon square andJefferson market are in Greenwich CHAPTER XLI alexander hamiltonThe First Secretary of the Treasury After the Stamp Act head been passed men gradually formedinto two political parties : those who sided with England werecalled Tories; those who were against England were called the war was over menwere obliged to establish anew government for theUnited States. This causeda great deal of public discus-sion. There were many dif-ferent opinions about manythings, so two parties wereformed. They were not thesame as the old politicalparties. Alexander Hamilton wasthe leader of the party calledthe Federalists. Washingtondid not belong to either of thenew parties. He asked gentlemen of both parties to become mem-bers of his Cabinet. Alexander Hamilton became his Secretary ofthe Treasury. 199
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