What to see in America . 66 What to See in America is theStockbonds,ington the Produce Exchangenow almost covers, wasknown as PetticoatLane, because it con-tained the residencesof some of the peopleof fashion. The pres-ent Nassau Street wasPie-womans Lane. Aone-time respectabledweller on LibertyStreet was Capt. Kidd,whose enduring fameis unrivaled among allthe freebooters whoterrorized the sea. Wall Street, whichthe towering buildingson either side havemade a narrow canyon,financial center of the United States, and here is theExchange, the worlds greatest market for stocks,and securities. Ther
What to see in America . 66 What to See in America is theStockbonds,ington the Produce Exchangenow almost covers, wasknown as PetticoatLane, because it con-tained the residencesof some of the peopleof fashion. The pres-ent Nassau Street wasPie-womans Lane. Aone-time respectabledweller on LibertyStreet was Capt. Kidd,whose enduring fameis unrivaled among allthe freebooters whoterrorized the sea. Wall Street, whichthe towering buildingson either side havemade a narrow canyon,financial center of the United States, and here is theExchange, the worlds greatest market for stocks,and securities. There is a notable statue of Wash-that stands, as the poet Stedman says, Just where the Treasurys marble front Looks over Wall Streets mingled nations;Where Jews and Gentiles most are wont To throng for trade and last quotations;Where hour by hour the rates of gold Outrival in the ears of peopleThe quarter chimes, serenely tolled, From Trinitys undaunted The Municipal Building This Sub-Treasury is on the site of Federal Hall in whichassembled the first American Congress, and in which Wash- New York City ington took the oath of office after his first election to thepresidency. Wall Street gets its name from a palisadedwall built across the island there at the northern Hmit ofthe cily in 1652. At the head of Wall Street on Broadway is Trinity 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
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