Show u n n 1 George eorge Washington Once Lived in Old New York Statesman man and Patriot Had R Resi Residence dence clence There and Citizens Citi Today i Are Proud of the Fact ft ft ft ft ft ft TEL Y associated with the years 1789 and 3 1790 when Washington as first president of the United United Unit Unit- ed States was living In New York city is the origInal origInal Inal nal Trumbull portrait of him painted from fpm life the oldest portrait owned by the city and now hanging in the governors governor's room of the New York city hall hail Flippant young make malee merry over the tiny watery blue eyes and nd red nose of that dignified gentleman gentleman gentleman gentle gentle- man and the enormous hand band which rests ests on the wooden horse a carIcature caricature ture ure of the spirited war charger Inthe In Inthe the he background of the portrait is shown hown the old Kennedy house now No Jo 1 Broadway where Washington held his first headquarters during the earliest days of ot the Revolution He then removed to the Richmond Hill HilI mansion at the corner of Varick and Charlton streets afterward the home of ot Aaron Burr Durr It was during these days ays that his troops drilled In the City Hall park then the Fields or Commons Commons Com Corn mons and here on July 9 1776 on horseback surrounded by patriotic soldiers the general listened to tho the first public nubile reading of the Declaration I of at Independence in New York city for or that one time New York was slower slow slow- slower er than Philadelphia After the disastrous defeat of ot the Battle Battlo of Long Island August 27 1776 Washington was forced to abandon the ho city During the Battle of Harlem Harem Har Har- lem em Heights September 16 and for five weeks afterward the Jumel mansion manaba mansion man man- sion aba In One Hundred and Sixtieth street near Amsterdam avenue then known mown as the tho Roger Morris house sheltered him For seven years until 1783 the British lion Hon swished his proud roud tall tail and roared through our New Jew York streets but on November 25 of ot th that tbt f year jear ear General Washington returned to his own The previous night the Van Cortlandt Manor house in n Van Cortlandt park opened its hospitable hospitable hos hos- lios- lios doors to the tho victorious general general gen gen- general gen gen- eral and you may see the room he occupied the bed In which ho he slept He entered the city on Evacuation day at the head of his ragged but triumphant triumphant tri tri- soldiers after Lord Howe and his troops had sullenly departed Quaint little Fraunces tavern at Broad and Pearl streets then came In for lor its share of the glory for that very night the patriots gave WashIngton Wash- Wash Ington a banquet which ended with the toast ila May tho the remembrance ot this day be bo a n lesson to princes Again on December 4 a farewell dinner dinner din din- ner was was- given by Washington to his officers in the Leng Room and here you ma may read the tablets describing the affecting scene scene on his his departure to his home in Mount Vernon But on April 30 1789 little old Ne NewYork New w NewYork York went wild with joy when th the idol of the nation returned to be it Ih president nt and the pomp and of at that first inauguration took place in the old Federal hall hail now marked I by the building In war Wai street Here you jou OU may see the ver verj stone on which the president stood while taking the oath of office and anc the Bible is owned by St. St Johns John's odge lodge in the Masonic Temple The fine mahogany furniture o ol 01 Sheraton design used at that time i ii if shown in the Governors Governor's room of th the city hall hail the high backed inaugural chairs and the desks and armchairs used by the cabinet and the senators The flag that waved over all this rejoicing rejoicing re re- is carefully preserved In a glass case Two different houses were used by Washington during the year 1789 and 1 1750 O as presidential mansions mansions- the first a beautiful colonial house belonging to Walter Franklin a wealthy merchant that stood at No 1 Cherry street now shadowed by the gloomy Brooklyn bridge pier the second second sec see ond and was at No 39 Broadway Each day he drove in courtly style to the federal hall hal In Wall Vall street and so thoroughly did he acquire the habit that he is everlastingly glued to the spot in the bronze statue on the steps On Sundays Sunda's the president worshipped wor won shipped at St. St Pauls Paul's chapel in the commodious box pew as large as a room in our modern apartments beIng being being be be- ing of sufficient area to admit of the J Washington's State Coach comfortable stretching of his long dignified legs and far enough removed removed re re- removed moved from the pulpit to encourage a few yawns or a n sly nap unheeded by the rector As we celebrate the birthday ol 01 Washington patriotic New will wUl point with a pride that is pardonable pardonable pardonable pardon pardon- able to the four tour buildings still stUl in fine preservation which were honored by his presence presence the the Jumel mansion theVan the theVan theVan Van Cortlandt Manor house St. St t. t Pauls Paul's chapel and Fraunces' Fraunces tavern Can proud Philadelphia or boastful Boston show more I |