Old buildings of New York City, with some notes regarding their origin and occupants . Gramercy Square Fonncr Residence of ihe Late Dr. Valentine Mott OR. ]MOTT was a distinguished surgeon, and oneof the best-known citizens of the small townof sixty or seventy years ago. He previouslylived at the easterly end of Depau Row. For manyyears Dr. 31. resided in Paris, during the reign of LouisPhilippe, whose physician he was. In 1841 * a ball wasgiven for the Prince de Joinville at the Depau Rowhouse, and during the Civil War the Comte de Parisand brothers were entertained at the Gramercy Squarehous
Old buildings of New York City, with some notes regarding their origin and occupants . Gramercy Square Fonncr Residence of ihe Late Dr. Valentine Mott OR. ]MOTT was a distinguished surgeon, and oneof the best-known citizens of the small townof sixty or seventy years ago. He previouslylived at the easterly end of Depau Row. For manyyears Dr. 31. resided in Paris, during the reign of LouisPhilippe, whose physician he was. In 1841 * a ball wasgiven for the Prince de Joinville at the Depau Rowhouse, and during the Civil War the Comte de Parisand brothers were entertained at the Gramercy Squarehouse. * Diary of Phili]) Hone. vol. II, p. 101. 99. Gramercy Square Rectory of Calvarij Parish ^^^-^HIS rectory has been the home of many clergy-€ J men celebrated in the community. One of the^^^ early rectors was Dr. Francis Lister at Newbern, X. C, in 1798, he was ordained in1827 and was conspicuous in the church up to the timeof his death in 1866. In 1844 he became rector of Christ Church, NewOrleans, and president of the University of Louisiana,and in 1849 he became rector of this parish. Being ofSouthern birth, he, at the outbreak of the Civil War,withdrew to the South, but returned after the close ofthe war. He published many works on ecclesiasticaland other subjects. He declined the bishopric of Mis-sissippi and also that of Rhode Island. The Rev. Dr. Arthur Cleveland Coxe was at onetime rector. He afterwards became the Bishop ofWestern Xe^v York. The Rev. Dr. Henry YatesSatterlee was for many years the well-known rector ofthis parish. He is now Bishop of Washington. 101
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