Show T 0 C U T MON T E IT 3 T R et A E S sycamores amores planted by hamilton must be removed at this place the great federalists seconds second met to make plans plan for HI his fatal duel with aaron burr now new york tho announced announcement that tho the three tall sycamore By camoro trees which stand in a vacant lot at west wes I 1 one hundred and fortieth street and hamilton place manhattan were about to be cut down to make room for a public school which la Is to be erected on the lot has aroused much interest among new yorkers kera especially those who are fa with the historic as aa which these trees of 0 the forest recall it is stated on good authority that I 1 it was under these trees that the seconds tor for alexander hamilton met be ba fore oro tho the fatal duel due which resulted in the death ot of hamilton on july 12 1804 whether they are tho the actual treed under which the tha seconds met before the fatal encounter occurred they have a hi historic storto value from the fact that they are ra on territory which was intimately associated with the great state sufan lawyer and soldier an interesting fact connected with the house when it stood on the other side of the street Is that hamilton amilton Il planted 13 trees around this house bouse which were intended to represent the 13 original states of the american union those these trees were of at the sweet gum variety and were brought by hamilton when they were nothing nathla g more than whips from roin mount vernon the estate of president washington these trees lived until long after the tha house was vaa moved and some come of them were alive when arf it november mil 1911 the lots where they stood were taken B is tho the site for a row of apartment bouses the ground along convent avenue had been restricted for 25 years when these restrictions expired the trees planted by Il hamilton amilton himself quickly disappeared the removal of at these trees rendered those at one hundred and fortieth street and hamilton place all the more precious in the eyes of antiquarians and patriotic citizens who treasure every reminder of hamilton tho the ground slopes sharply kam from the point where the old trees are standing to the shores of the tha hudson the rear porch of hamiltons house must have commanded a beautiful view of at the weehawken Wee hawken shore choro much wilder in ap bearance pe arance than now it was early in july that the challenge from burr was received and it was vas the tha morning ot of the of that month that the arrangements range ments were completed and hamilton and his seconds took a barge and were rowed across the hudson to the fatal battleground |