. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. City Post-Office. The corner-stone was laid in 1727. It was o]ieneil for worslii]) in 1729. It was William Bradford ol uoblc biilh, as iii)|icais Iloiu his usuutchcion ; for, althoufjli for-bidden by his art Iroiii writing himself ar*(i/r/cro, he always sealed carefully with 524 HISTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. not finished, however, until 1731; and even then it had no gaUeiyfor some years. It was dedicated to the Hon. Eip Van Dam, Presi-dent of Ms Majestys Council for the Provijicc of New York. The ceil-ing was on
. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. City Post-Office. The corner-stone was laid in 1727. It was o]ieneil for worslii]) in 1729. It was William Bradford ol uoblc biilh, as iii)|icais Iloiu his usuutchcion ; for, althoufjli for-bidden by his art Iroiii writing himself ar*(i/r/cro, he always sealed carefully with 524 HISTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. not finished, however, until 1731; and even then it had no gaUeiyfor some years. It was dedicated to the Hon. Eip Van Dam, Presi-dent of Ms Majestys Council for the Provijicc of New York. The ceil-ing was one entire arch Without pillars. It was a substantial stonebuilding, one hundred feet long and seventy wide, with a good steepleand bell. This beU was cast in Amsterdam in 1731. It was by orderof Hon. Abraham De Peyster, who died in 1728, while the church wasin process of completion. He ilirected in his will that a bell shoiddfee procured in Holland at las and presented to the new says that a number of Amsterdam citizens threw silver coin. The Sliver Toned Bell. into the preparation of the bell-metal. It certainly has a silvery is still in existence, a trophy of antiquity, nearly a century and a halfold, and hangs in the tower of the Reformed Dutch Church, corner ofFifth Avenue and 48th Street.^ About this time George I. died, and George II. ascended the throneof England. In the official changes which followed, Burnet was removed 1 This ancient bell was secreted fioui the British soldiers, wlio occupied the Church duringthe Revolution, and when the edifice was repaired and reopened, it was restored to its originalplace in the belfry, where it remained until 1844. It was then transferred to the church inNinth Street, until 1855, when it was placed on the chunli in Lafayette Place. The steepleof this latter church was taken down a few years since, and the \»\\ was removed to the towerof Dr. liudlows church, corner of Fifth Avenue and 48th Street.
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