Miller's New York as it is, or, Stranger's guide-book to the cities of New York, Brooklyn and adjacent places : comprising notices of every object of interest to strangers ; including public buildings, churches, hotels, places of amusement, literary institutions, etc . Old Governor Stuyvesants house, a fine view ofwhich is annexed, stood upon his Bowerie Farm, alittle to the south of St. Marks Church, between theSecond and Third Avenues. A pear-tree, imported HISTORICAL LOCALITIES. from Holland in 1647, by Stuyvesant, and planted inhis garden, yet flourishes on the corner of Thirteenthstreet a
Miller's New York as it is, or, Stranger's guide-book to the cities of New York, Brooklyn and adjacent places : comprising notices of every object of interest to strangers ; including public buildings, churches, hotels, places of amusement, literary institutions, etc . Old Governor Stuyvesants house, a fine view ofwhich is annexed, stood upon his Bowerie Farm, alittle to the south of St. Marks Church, between theSecond and Third Avenues. A pear-tree, imported HISTORICAL LOCALITIES. from Holland in 1647, by Stuyvesant, and planted inhis garden, yet flourishes on the corner of Thirteenthstreet and Third Avenue, the only living relic whichpreserves the memory of the renowned Dutch Gov-nor. This patriarchal tree is two hundred and twelveyears old. We present the reader with a facsimile of GovernorStuyvesants He lived eighteen years after the change in tne gov-ernment, and at his death was buried in his vaultwithin the chapel. Over his remains was placed a slab(which may yet be seen in the eastern wall of ), with the following inscription: In this vaultlies buried Petrus Stuyvesant, late Captain General andCommander-in-Chief of Amsterdam, in New Nether-lands, now called New York, and the Dutch West IndiaIslands. Died in August, a. d., 1682, aged eightyyears. At the corner of Charlton and Varick streets stooda wooden building, formerly of considerable celebrity,known as the Richmond Hill House. It has hadmany distinguished occupants, having been successivelythe residence of General Washington, John Adams, andAaron Burr. It has been the scene of great Steuben, Chancellor Livingston, and numerous 12 NEW YOliK AS IT WAS.
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