History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . THE WASHINGTON BUILDING, NOS: 1, 3 AND F> YORK- GrREENBURGH. 271 command some of the finest views on the HudsonRiver. Here the hand of art has supplemented thepower of nature, and both have combined to makethis estate one of the loveliest features of the countryround, and a pleasure alike to the owner and to thebeholder who is blessed with a mind which can ap-preciate the picturesque and the beautiful. The late John E. Williams, who was a hi
History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . THE WASHINGTON BUILDING, NOS: 1, 3 AND F> YORK- GrREENBURGH. 271 command some of the finest views on the HudsonRiver. Here the hand of art has supplemented thepower of nature, and both have combined to makethis estate one of the loveliest features of the countryround, and a pleasure alike to the owner and to thebeholder who is blessed with a mind which can ap-preciate the picturesque and the beautiful. The late John E. Williams, who was a highly honor-able citizen of Greenburgh, was born in Newport,Rhode Island, April 28, 1804. He was early trained tothe banking business, and after holding various posi-tions in Newport, New Bedford, Tallahassee and Bos-ton, he removed, in 1851, to New York, to take theposition of cashier in the Metropolitan Bank. At thattime country bank-notes circulated at a discount inNew York, and the Metropolitian Bank had just beenorganized to effect the redemption of such notes atlower rates than those exacted by brokers. Mr. Williams previous ex
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