Category: History - American
GRAMERCY SQUARE 81 Residence of John Bigelow 83 Former Residence of the Late Luther C. Clark 85 Former Residence Of the Late James W. Gerard 87 “The Players”--Former Home of Edwin Booth 91 Former Residence of the Late Samuel J. Tilden 93 Former Residence of the Late Rev. Dr. H...
GRAMERCY SQUARE 81 Residence of John Bigelow 83 Former Residence of the Late Luther C. Clark 85 Former Residence Of the Late James W. Gerard 87 “The Players”--Former Home of Edw...
2. Part 2The square pew on the left with the national arms on the wall was the one used by Washington as long as New York remained the capital. The corresponding pew on the right, design...
3. Part 3Now that St. John’s Park has been destroyed, Gramercy Park is the only private park in the city--that is, one restricted in its use to owners of houses facing it. Fifty years ag...
4. Part 4“There was, as a consequence, many opinions given as to the occasion of such exclusiveness. The one generally and finally accepted was that he had been a gay companion of royalt...
5. Part 5Morris died on November 6, 1816, in the room in which he was born. Almost the last letter he wrote was to plead with the Federal Party to “forget party and think of our country....
6. Part 6“Il a su recueillir partout des information abondantes et sûre, et très souvent ses prédictions se réalisaient.... Voici le compliment que lui adressait le 2 Juillet, 1790, M. d...