John Hecker.. John Foote.. 6th Congressional District.-8th, 9th and 14th Wards 1035 947 George Briggs.. 5627 Michael Walsh.. .2765 Stephen Hasbrouck. ..1592 Mark Spencer.......... ...1476 6th Congressional District.-11th, 12th, 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th Wards 6th Congressional District.-11th, 12th, 15th 16th, 17th and 18th Wards (to fill vacancy in 30th Congress.) Horace Greeley. John M. Bradhurst.. John Townsend.. James Monroe... 9932 6826 ..1631 44 Given for Members of Assembly in the various Districts of this City, Governor's Room.-Bust of De Witt Clinton. Chamber of Board of Aldermen.-Bust of John Jay, (presented by his daughter to the Corporation, March, 1835.) Bust of Chief Justice Marshall, by Frazee. Common Pleas Court Room.-Bust of Thomas Addis Emmet. Tablet to John T. Irving. Law Library-Bust of Chancellor Kent, by Clavenger. NO. 1 BROADWAY. THIS'se, though not yet a century old, has become one of the monuments of the past. It was erected in 1760, by the Honorable Captain Kennedy, who, it is believed, received the land as part of the portion of his wife, the sister of the late John Watts. At the period of its erection the garden in the rear exten led to the Hudson, so that the shores of New-Jersey and the Bay were in full view from its windows. Captain Kennedy returned to England prior to the Revolution, and became Earl of silis, and this house went to his youngest son, Robert Kennedy, from whom it passed to the late Nathaniel Prime. During the war of the Revolution it was occupied by Sir Guy Carleton and other British Commanders, but not, as has been supposed, by Washington, unless for a short period previous to the occupation of New-York by the British. Mr. Sears, one of the prominent Liberty Boys, lived in it subsequent to the Revolution. He was commonly called King Sears, and his daughters the Princesses, and was a man of wealth, who had taken an active part in opposition to the English. Subsequently it was taken by Mrs. Graham, for a girls' school, and either before or after this was known as the best boarding-house in the city, where all the distinguished travellers stayed. Talleyrand passed some time under its roof, during which period, though his abilities were admired, he was personally detested for the coldness and want of heart he exhibited in speaking of the misfortunes of his friends and countrymen. The drawing-room was probably the largest in the city, and in it the company frequenting the house habitually assembled. One cold day Talleyrand entered, wearing, as was then not unusual, buckskin breeches, and placed himself upon the hearth, with his back close to the fire. The great heat soon caused the leather to scorch and smoke, and the faces of those around exhibed the restraint of good breeding, struggling against mirth. Talleyrand's quick eve penetrated the mask without discovering the cause, un... he seated himself, wuen his cry of pain drove away the ladies to conceal their merriment, and showed that however little feeling he might have for others he had some for himself. From this house anxious eyes watched the destruction of the statue of George III, in the Bowling Green; and a few years afterwards, other eyes saw from its windows the last soldiers of that King passing forever from our shores. Still later, others looked sadly on the funeral of Fulton, who died in a house which had been built on what was once the garden. From its roof, at a more recent period, was seen with jo, the marriage of the lakes with the ocean-The increase of the city with the ew wants of commerce, resulting from that happy union, will ere long cause this mansion to give place to other buildings; nor should we regret sucá changes wen rendered necessary by the pros. perity of the community. As the residence of the English noble, the British General, and the wealthy Republican, it was alike distinguished for its hospitality. The foregoing sketch has been furnished through the politeness of the Messrs. Prime. |