. The city of New York. e pedes-tal reads: The heroic commander of the frigateChesapeake, whose remains are here deposited,expressed ivith his expiring breath his de-votion to his country. Neither the fury ofbattle, the anguish of a mortal wound, nor thehorrors of approaching death could subduehis gallant spirit. His dying words were,DOXT GIVE UP THE SHIP. Alexander Hamiltons tomb is marked bythe conspicuous white marble monumenti n the south grounds near the Rector streetrailing. It would require much longer time thancan be spared at present to enumerate all theinteresting things about old Tr
. The city of New York. e pedes-tal reads: The heroic commander of the frigateChesapeake, whose remains are here deposited,expressed ivith his expiring breath his de-votion to his country. Neither the fury ofbattle, the anguish of a mortal wound, nor thehorrors of approaching death could subduehis gallant spirit. His dying words were,DOXT GIVE UP THE SHIP. Alexander Hamiltons tomb is marked bythe conspicuous white marble monumenti n the south grounds near the Rector streetrailing. It would require much longer time thancan be spared at present to enumerate all theinteresting things about old Trinity. Itis safe to say that a visit is well worth thetrouble. St. Pauls Chapel St. Pauls Chapel on Broadway be-tween Vesey and Fulton streets, is of sufficienthistorical interest to deserve a short chapterto itself. Curiously enough, the Broadwayend of the building! s the rear, for the churchwas built fronting on the river; and in theold days a pleasant lawn sloped down to thewaters edge, which was then on the line I2S. of Greenwich street. One effect of thus looking away from Broadway-is to give us at the portal an increased senseof remoteness from the great thoroughfareand of isolation from its strenuous life, sothat all the more readily we yield to thepervading spell of the churchyards peace-ful calm. St. Pauls is a cherished relic of Colonialdays. Built in 1766 as a chapel of TrinityParish, it is the only church edifice whichhas been preserved from the pre-Revolu-tionary period. After the burning ofTrinity in 1776, St. Pauls became the parishchurch; here worshipped Lord Howe andMajor Andre and the English midshipmanwhowas afterward King George IV. Afterhis inauguration at Federal Hall in Wallstreet, President Washington and bothhouses of Congress came in solemn proces-sion to St. Pauls, service was con-ducted by Bishop Provost, Chaplain of theSenate, and a Te Deum was sung. _ There-after, so long as New York remained theCapital, the President was a regular
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