Valentine's manual of the city of New York, 1917-1918 . dthe banker were procured for him by Jonathan PrescottHall while travelling in Spain. He lived at No. 24 Bondstreet for twenty-five years and died at Newport in 1862. No. 25 Bond street was the home of Mrs. MarthaHicks, who went there in 1833 from 64 Broadway. Herfather had lived in that house, and her mother retainedit after his death in Novemtar, 1815. Her husband,who died in July, 1815, was the son of Whitehead Hicks,the last Mayor of New York before the held office from 1766 to 1776, and in 1754 was oneof the organizers
Valentine's manual of the city of New York, 1917-1918 . dthe banker were procured for him by Jonathan PrescottHall while travelling in Spain. He lived at No. 24 Bondstreet for twenty-five years and died at Newport in 1862. No. 25 Bond street was the home of Mrs. MarthaHicks, who went there in 1833 from 64 Broadway. Herfather had lived in that house, and her mother retainedit after his death in Novemtar, 1815. Her husband,who died in July, 1815, was the son of Whitehead Hicks,the last Mayor of New York before the held office from 1766 to 1776, and in 1754 was oneof the organizers of the Society Library. Mrs. Hickswas the daughter of old Thomas Buchanan, one ofthe richest and most influential of New York merchantsbefore and after the Revolution. He was one of thefounders of the Chamber of Commerce and one of thecommittee that waited upon Lieutenant-Governor Coldento solicit the grant of a charter for the him was consigned the tea ship that the citizens ofNew York sent back to London with its cargo in 1774- [250]. , In 1858, looking south from )1M »rbi*Cnlle«;l«[e Church. *UH »l»ndir1(j, ihowtngHoopsthMt*«T*«tMKCMdto elmoel every 1«03 thee* were removed by the city 10 widen the meet In 1775 he was one o£ the Committee of One Hundredappointed to take control of the city. He was a governorof the Hospital in 1792, and was one of the first directorsof the United States Bank in New York. His countryestate was on the East River near Fifty-sixth the Revolution it was owned by the Hurst familyand was the headquarters of Earl Percy when LordHowe was occupying the nearby Beekman mansion atthe time Nathan flale was executed. Mrs. Hicks sisterAlmy married Peter P. Goelet and her sister Margaretmarried Robert R. Goelet. Another sister, Eliza, wasthe wife of Samuel Gilford, who, as we have seen, aimeto Bond street in the late 40s. Mrs. Hicks name dis-appears from the directory in 1845, bu
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