A home geography of New York city . 196 HOME GEOGRAPHY OF NEW YORK CITY Washington lived in Cherry street but a few months. Hissecond home in New York was at No. 39 Broadway. In this houseWashington entertained the government officials and his liked the Dutch custom of calling on New Years he lived here he celebrated this day in the good old Dutch. Inauguuation of Washington fashion. There was a theater in John street then. Washington usedto go to the theater and often invited friends to his private box. When New York became the capital of the United States thecity
A home geography of New York city . 196 HOME GEOGRAPHY OF NEW YORK CITY Washington lived in Cherry street but a few months. Hissecond home in New York was at No. 39 Broadway. In this houseWashington entertained the government officials and his liked the Dutch custom of calling on New Years he lived here he celebrated this day in the good old Dutch. Inauguuation of Washington fashion. There was a theater in John street then. Washington usedto go to the theater and often invited friends to his private box. When New York became the capital of the United States thecity had grown northward as far as Reade street on the west side,and Grand or Catharine street on the east side. North of theselimits were farms and country homes. Bouwerie village, which extended from 2d street to 16th street,was a real country village, and a country road led through farmsall the way to Harlem. Collect pond was still a favorite placefor fishing and skating. There were many open fields in the
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