A home geography of New York city . Old-Time View in Exchange Place ALEXANDER HAMILTON 201 The long war had made both business men and farmers poor. Itwas Hamiltons duty to find some way to raise money to pay ourdebts and to pay the expenses of the government. Hamiltons plansto raise money were successful. He had great natural ability. Hegave all his time, thought, and energy to his work, and became agreat statesman. When he retired from the Cabinet he practiced law in NewYork. He bought a small country estate on Washington Heightsand built there the house we now call Hamilton Grange at 141sts
A home geography of New York city . Old-Time View in Exchange Place ALEXANDER HAMILTON 201 The long war had made both business men and farmers poor. Itwas Hamiltons duty to find some way to raise money to pay ourdebts and to pay the expenses of the government. Hamiltons plansto raise money were successful. He had great natural ability. Hegave all his time, thought, and energy to his work, and became agreat statesman. When he retired from the Cabinet he practiced law in NewYork. He bought a small country estate on Washington Heightsand built there the house we now call Hamilton Grange at 141ststreet and Convent avenue. His estate extended from 110th streetto 145th street, and from Amsterdam avenue to St. Nicholas avenue. For many years Hamilton and Aaron Burr had been politicalrivals. On July 11, 1804, they fought a duel in was wounded and died the next day. He was buriedin Trinity churchyard, where you can now see his Robert Fulton CHAPTER XLII ROBERT FULTON The City Prison at Centre and Leonard streets stands on thesite of Collect pond. This pond was quite deep and extended overseveral of our city blocks. Collect pond had two outlets, — oneemptying into the Hudson river, and the other emptying into theEast river. The pond was there for more than two hundred yearsafter the first Dutch traders landed on Manhattan. In later yearsa canal was dug from Collect pond to the Hudson river. This canal 202 ROBEKT FULTON 203 was afterward filled in, and is now known as Canal street. Theoutlet to the East river was also filled in. The first steamboat in New York was built on the shores ofCollect pond in 1796. The inventor was John Fitch, a soldier ofthe Revolution. He was poor, and being unable to obtain financialhelp could not make a success of his invention. Robert Fulton was a more fortunate inventor. A rich NewYork gentleman was interested in his inventions and they becamepartners. Fulton built the first
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