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Show the broker 1m the deal, the building and land on which they stand fire assessed at $-l;S,000. Literary Digest. CHURCH THRIVES ON ROYAL GIFTS Famous Old Trinity Endowed by Two Monarch?. In 1G97, when some of his Anglican An-glican subjects were worshiping in n fort near the Battery, King William HI of England gave young Trinity parish the land on which Trinity church now stands at the head of Wall street. There was no street then, but a wall, later razed to give the little city on Manhattan island room to grow. Later, the royal heart was struck with the thought that the struggling church could well do with some funds, and he gave the parish the right to sell all whales, wrecks nnd flotsam and jetsam flung up on Long island. What revenue, If any, Trinity derived de-rived from that privilege has not been discovered. At any rate, fie parish did not prosper fast enough for Queen Anne, and In 1705 she bestowed be-stowed on it a tract of land, which became known as the Queen's farm. It yielded a revenue of 40 a year. As the thriving city began to spread out on Its narrow terrain, the Queen's farm became covered with rent-paying buildings. Subways underran It in later years, and rents went up. Though large slices of the farm were taken to provide for other oth-er Episcopal churches, King's college, col-lege, now Columbia university, and other buildings, the little church at the head of Wall street had 700 lots remaining, and prospered until It became be-came the wealthiest church in New Xork, and, probably, In the country. Recently the parish sold the east side of Hudson street from West Houston to Clarkson street, part of the tract It received 237 years ago from King William. The transfer marked the first change In ownership owner-ship of this particular property since the royal grant. Four and five-story five-story buildings cover the block Involved In-volved In the transaction, and, according ac-cording to William S. Sussman, Inc., |