. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. the vapors and fogs of Zuy-der Zee and wake up the phlegm of a descendantof old Holland. In 1848 Jonathan Goodhue &Brothers, N. & B. Griswold, Howland & Aspin-wall, and the Harper Brothers, swept into the mil-lion company, and Stephen Allen crowded it reminiscences of old New Yorkers who ledthe van of New Yorks wonderful commercial pros-perity come to us very naturally as we stand atthe entrance of the Astor House. It would behard to think of a prominent man in New YorkCity, or of a famous man in the nation,
. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. the vapors and fogs of Zuy-der Zee and wake up the phlegm of a descendantof old Holland. In 1848 Jonathan Goodhue &Brothers, N. & B. Griswold, Howland & Aspin-wall, and the Harper Brothers, swept into the mil-lion company, and Stephen Allen crowded it reminiscences of old New Yorkers who ledthe van of New Yorks wonderful commercial pros-perity come to us very naturally as we stand atthe entrance of the Astor House. It would behard to think of a prominent man in New YorkCity, or of a famous man in the nation, whohas not at some time enjoyed the shelter andthe creature comforts dispensed in this practical 210 NEW YORK CITY LIFE Astor monument. Other hotels and great enterprisesinnumerable bear the impress, if not the name, ofthe Astor family; but as long as the old AstorHouse stands it will be a monument to the founderof the family; connecting the present with the past,and speaking constantly of the worth, the goodsense, and the high character of the man who by. John Jacob Astor. strictly honorable means triumphed over the great-est obstacles and raised himself to a world-observedeminence. Every one who reads this chapter maymake his own list of the great men who have beendrawn to the Astor House and of the importantconferences that have occurred there, and no twolists will completely agree. At the banquet here ten- 211 THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS dered by the Press of New York to Kossuth, in De-cember, 1851, the presiding officer was AVilliam Cul-len Bryant, and assisting him were Horace Greeley,George B. Butler and Julius Froebel. Among theguests were George Bancroft, Governor Anthony, ofRhode Island; Mayor Kingsland, of New York City;Moses Grinnell, Charles King, President of Colum-bia College; Simeon Draper, Parke Goodwin, JamesHarper, Henry Ward Beecher, Henry Raymond, andDr. Chapin. Thurlow Weed had the exclusive use ofRoom No. 11 during the last three years of his re-markable pol
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