. Historic buildings now standing in New York, which were erected prior to eighteen hundred. ouse some time beforethe end of the eighteenth century. His wife was Esther, the grand-daughter ofThomas Fitch, of Connecticut. Here he entertained Washington Irving, who de-scribes him as an old gentleman with the soul of a prince. Among other distin-guished people who dined at the house was Louis Philippe, while here in exile. Whenhe arrived in the family coach and four, which was sent for him, the Gracies wereassembled to meet him. Thats not the king, exclaimed aloud one of the littlegirls: he has n
. Historic buildings now standing in New York, which were erected prior to eighteen hundred. ouse some time beforethe end of the eighteenth century. His wife was Esther, the grand-daughter ofThomas Fitch, of Connecticut. Here he entertained Washington Irving, who de-scribes him as an old gentleman with the soul of a prince. Among other distin-guished people who dined at the house was Louis Philippe, while here in exile. Whenhe arrived in the family coach and four, which was sent for him, the Gracies wereassembled to meet him. Thats not the king, exclaimed aloud one of the littlegirls: he has no crown on his head. In these days, the king laughingly said,kings are satisfied with wearing their heads without crowns. Mr. Gracies fortune was swept away by the damage to commerce through thewars between England and France during the Napoleonic era. The United Statesassumed the indebtedness of his claims against France, but Congress persistentlyneglected to pay them for generations. The old building is now owned by the city,and is practically the same as when Gracie occupied it. [38 ]. NO. 7 STATE STREET Built before 1S00 The fine old house at this number is a relic of the days when Bowling Green wasthe Fifth Avenue of New York and the early shipping, comprising stately clipperships and dumpy coasters, came almost up to the doors of the citys aristocracy. Itwas built during the last part of the eighteenth century by James Watson, and in 1805he sold it to Moses Rogers, a prominent merchant, whose wife was a grand-daughterof Governor Fitch of Connecticut and sister of the wife of President Timothy Dwightof Yale. In 1793 Rogers and his brother-in-law were merchants, doing business asRogers & Woolsey. Rogers was an active member of the Society for the Manumissionof Slaves, an officer of the New York Hospital in 1792-99, and in 1797 treasurer ofthe City Dispensary. He was also a vestryman of Trinity Church and member ofthe Society for the Relief of Distressed Prisoners. His siste
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