What to see in America . Church,with its quaint churchyard full of crumbling was founded in 1696, but the present building dates backonly to 1846. No other church society in x\merica equalsthat of Trinity in wealth. Among the famous persons buriedin the churchyard are AlexanderHamilton and Robert pioneer days a man namedVan Dyck had a peach orchardnear this spot. One Septembernight in 1655 he fired his gun atan Indian girl who was stealingpeaches from the trees and killedher. That roused the savages toseek revenge, and in the warfarethat ensued over one hundredsettlers
What to see in America . Church,with its quaint churchyard full of crumbling was founded in 1696, but the present building dates backonly to 1846. No other church society in x\merica equalsthat of Trinity in wealth. Among the famous persons buriedin the churchyard are AlexanderHamilton and Robert pioneer days a man namedVan Dyck had a peach orchardnear this spot. One Septembernight in 1655 he fired his gun atan Indian girl who was stealingpeaches from the trees and killedher. That roused the savages toseek revenge, and in the warfarethat ensued over one hundredsettlers lost their lives, and agreat deal of property was de-stroyed. Another orchard of tragic famewas one bordering on MaidenLane. Some discontented slavesmet there in 1712 and set fire toan outhouse. When the citizensran to extinguish the flames, theblacks fired on them, killing nineand wounding six. Great ex-citement ensued, the soldiers werecalled out, and twenty-one slaveswere captured. All the captives Woolwobth Building. 68 What to See in America were executed, some by hanging, some by burning at thestake, while others were suspended in chains and left to starve. A short distance up Broadway from Trinity Church is Chapel, which was begun in 1756 and is the oldestchurch edifice in New York. Less than a week after theinvading British came in 1776, a fire swept away a greatpart of the western side of the city, including Trinity St. Pauls was saved, and here the English commanderand many soldiers of the king attended service. When theAmerican forces again occupied the city Washington wor-shipped in this church, and later, while he was in New Yorkas chief magistrate of the nation, he regularly made thisentry in his diary each Sunday, Went to St. Pauls Chapelin the forenoon. One of the graves in the churchyardis that of George Eacker who killed Philip, the oldest ofAlexander Hamiltons eight children, not quite twenty yearsof age, in a duel in November, 1801, just
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