This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 edition. Excerpt: ... THE HISTORY CHURCHES OF NEW-YORK. CHAPTER FIRST. INCIDENTAL HISTORY OF THE CHURCHES, WHILE THE CITY WAS UNDER FOREIGN GOVERNORS. The Interlocutors are, an Uncle, and his two Nephews, Henry and John. Uncle. Well, Henry, did you make out to get a view of the ruins of the old church to-day, or was the appearance ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 edition. Excerpt: ... THE HISTORY CHURCHES OF NEW-YORK. CHAPTER FIRST. INCIDENTAL HISTORY OF THE CHURCHES, WHILE THE CITY WAS UNDER FOREIGN GOVERNORS. The Interlocutors are, an Uncle, and his two Nephews, Henry and John. Uncle. Well, Henry, did you make out to get a view of the ruins of the old church to-day, or was the appearance of things in Gardenstreet so altered by the fire, that you could hardly find your way? Henry. Oh no, sir; we succeeded in finding the object of our search, although the great fire has indeed made astonishing changes in that part of the city, John and I, after having gone around the whole ruins left of the fire, and clambering over one continued heap of rubbish, from South to Broad streets, at last found ourselves standing before the bare and blackened walls, of what so lately was the Garden-street Church. But, uncle, did I understand you, this morning, to say, that that was the spot where the first church ever built in New-York city stood? John. Perhaps you did, Henry; but / understood uncle to make a distinction between the first churches built in this city. If I recollect aright, he said that the Garden-street Church "was the third built within the precincts of the city, but the first one that was erected by the will and contributions of the people, independently of the government. Uncle. You are right, John; the government, very soon after the settlement of the colony here, caused a chapel for divine worship, to be built within the walls of the fort; which you may note down as the first church in NewYork; the second was built by Peter Stuyvesant on his farm, or "Bowery" about the year 1660; and, then, not many years after this, the people procured a license to build a church in Garden-street, which you see was the third in the city....
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