. A landmark history of New York; also the origin of street names and a bibliography . ermission had been granted asearly as 1732 to certain residents of Broadway to usethe plot for that purpose. Some of the old Dutchhouses were gone, and at Xo. 1, where now that talloffice building towers up, a broad, spacious mansion,known as the Kennedy House, w^as located, a house ofmany historic associations, as you will learn. Whose statue is that? asked George, point-ing to the bronze figure that now adorns BowlingGreen. Abraham de Peyster, son of a leading Dutchmerchant of jSTew Amsterdam. He was one o
. A landmark history of New York; also the origin of street names and a bibliography . ermission had been granted asearly as 1732 to certain residents of Broadway to usethe plot for that purpose. Some of the old Dutchhouses were gone, and at Xo. 1, where now that talloffice building towers up, a broad, spacious mansion,known as the Kennedy House, w^as located, a house ofmany historic associations, as you will learn. Whose statue is that? asked George, point-ing to the bronze figure that now adorns BowlingGreen. Abraham de Peyster, son of a leading Dutchmerchant of jSTew Amsterdam. He was one of Leis-lers supporters, was appointed mayor in 1691, andafterward became one of the judges of the SupremeCourt. It is now high time, said the professor, chang-ing the subject, to introduce you to the Sons of Lib-erty. Who were they? asked Tom. Just about Avhat their name implies; but, curi-ously enough, the expression came from day, while the Stamp Act was being debated inthe House of Commons, Barre, friend and companionof Wolfe, the hero of Quebec, in a rousing speech,. Site of Fort Amsterdam, directly south of Bowling Green. Clearedto make room for the new Customhouse. The huilding to theleft is No. 1 Broadway. Photographed 1900. 80 A LANDMARK HISTORY OP NEW YORK justified tlie Sons of Liberty, as he called the Ameri-cans, in feeling aggrieved at the treatment theyhad received. The name was canght up as if itwere a magic term. It spread through the coloniesand was adopted by a secret order, composed ofmen who were determined not to yield the rightsthey had won, and to which they felt they were en-titled. Had you lived in New York in the autumn of1765 you would have seen exciting times. Thethought that the Stamp Act was to be enforced wasin everybodys mind, and had you joined any groupof citizens you would, no doubt, have heard themprotesting that they were just as good and just asloyal as the subjects of the crown who lived inEngland. You would also, I believe, ha
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