. History of the city of New York . he custom in the Fatherland; and he gave the officers distinctlyto understand from the first, that their existence did not in any way diminish his authority, butthat he should often presideat their meetings, and at alltimes counsel them in mat-ters of importance. Theywere not to have a sheriff oftheir own; but Van Tien-hoven, the provincial sheriff,miglit officiate for the cor-]K)rati()n. Neither was ittleemed requisite that theyshould have a scribe; butJacob Kip, the newly ap-pointed secretary of the prov-ince, was notified to attendtheir meetings and do su
. History of the city of New York . he custom in the Fatherland; and he gave the officers distinctlyto understand from the first, that their existence did not in any way diminish his authority, butthat he should often presideat their meetings, and at alltimes counsel them in mat-ters of importance. Theywere not to have a sheriff oftheir own; but Van Tien-hoven, the provincial sheriff,miglit officiate for the cor-]K)rati()n. Neither was ittleemed requisite that theyshould have a scribe; butJacob Kip, the newly ap-pointed secretary of the prov-ince, was notified to attendtheir meetings and do suchKips Mansion. writing as seemed necessary. He was a young man of spirit and intelligence, tall, handsome, and ex-tremely popular. The following year, he married Marie La Montagne,the daughter of Dr. La Montagne, a beautiful girl of sixteen. He owneda fann of one hundred and fifty acres on the East River, and soon afterhis marriage erected a house upon it, and went there to reside. Thelocality was, and is still, known as Kips 160 HISTORY OF THE CITY OF SEW YORK. Tins Kip mansion .subsequently became famous. It was once or twicerebuilt, and five generations of the Kip family were born in it. It was,for a short time, during the American Eevolutiou, the head-quarters ofGeneral Washington. It was one of the landmarks of the olden time thatwas ruthlessly pushed aside by the corporation, at the opening of Thirty-fifth Street, on the direct line of which it stooil. The sketch is a fairillustration of the style of the better class of farm-houses on ManhattanIsland, during the early period. The new city contained a number ofgood stone dwellings, which had a substantial and aristocratic air, as ifinhabited by people of wealth and cultivated tastes. There were manyEnglish and French, as well as Dutch, residents who Avere well con-nected in Europe ; and, from whatever cause they had been induced toemigrate, they were not likely to turn barbarians because they were ina new country. G
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