A home geography of New York city . eautiful and attractive view fromthe church door. Perhaps he walked under the shady trees thatgrew where office buildings nowstand. In the chapel you can stillsee the pew in which he sat andalso the pew of Governor De WittClinton, the first president of theFree School Society. The First Printing PressIN New York In 1693 William Bradford setup the first printing press in NewYork city. His office was at 81Pearl street, near Hanover square,which was then called PrintingHouse square. It was a businesscenter and the shopping district fora great many years. The pr
A home geography of New York city . eautiful and attractive view fromthe church door. Perhaps he walked under the shady trees thatgrew where office buildings nowstand. In the chapel you can stillsee the pew in which he sat andalso the pew of Governor De WittClinton, the first president of theFree School Society. The First Printing PressIN New York In 1693 William Bradford setup the first printing press in NewYork city. His office was at 81Pearl street, near Hanover square,which was then called PrintingHouse square. It was a businesscenter and the shopping district fora great many years. The printing press of those dayswas only a hand press. Paper wasvery scarce and much dearer than it is now. Bradford did the gov-ernment printing and also printed almanacs, pamphlets, and 1725 he founded the Weekly Gazette, the first New York news-paper and the fourth newspaper in the English colonies. Hisnewspaper office was on the site of the present Cotton were printed weekly. Each page was about one fourth. CojiyrightiMl, hy (iuorgt St. Pauls Chapkl p. llall & Son 164 HOME GEOGRAPHY OF NEW YORK CITY the size of a page of one of our daily papers. Bradfords printingpress is still in existence. When Bradford died he was buried inTrinity churchyard. If you visit the churchyard you can see his grave. The English City Hall A new City Hall was built on the corner of Wall and Broadstreets where the Sub-Treasury now stands. It was described as the most magnificentbuilding in the city. Thegovernor of New Yorkand his council, the law-makers of the colony, andthe city officers of the lawheld their meetings in thenew City Hall. In thebuilding there was acourt room, afterwards thescene of the Zenger trial,and also cells for prisoners. The building cost about £3000.
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