LIST OF PLATES                                               xxv

Pl. 53-b      BROADSIDE   ANNOUNCING A LOTTERY  "SCHEMe" TO   PAY

for altering the city hall for the use of congress;

dated mch. 6, i79o........i2i4 1263

owner: n. y. historical society

Pl. 54         RESOLUTION   ESTABLISHING   THE   TAMMANY  SOCIETY   OR

COLUMBIAN ORDER; DATED MARCH 9, 1789; BEING PAGE 5
OF THIS society's EARLIEST RECORD BOOK.      .          .          .    123O    I236

OWNER: TAMMANY SOCIETY

Pl. 55         THE    FIRST     FEDERAL    THANKSGIVING     PROCLAMATION;

SIGNED BY WASHINGTON IN NEW YORK, OCT, 3,  I789.     .   I278   I255
owner: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Pl. ^6         VICE PRESIDENT ADAMs' LETTER TO MAYOR VARICK TEN¬

DERING TO THE  CITY THE FURNITURE  USED BY THE U. S.
SENATE IN  THE  OLD CITY HALL;  DATED AUG.   12,   I79O.    1294   I272
owner:    CITY   OF   NEW   YORK,   FILED   IN   CITY   CLERK's
RECORD-ROOM

Pl. 57         LIST  OF  U. S.   POST-OFFICES   established   under act   OF

FEB. 20, 1792, ACCOMPANYING "BRADLEY's MAP  OF THE               I286

UNITED STATES, EXHIBITING POST-ROADS AND DISTANCES,"                 and

DATED SEPT. 26,  I796........I342   ADD.

owner: I. N. P. S.

Pl. 58         PAGE   OF  MS. MINUTES   OF  THE   COMMON   COUNCIL  CON¬

TAINING ORDINANCE APPOINTING FIRST COMPTROLLER OF

THE CITY; DATED SEPT.  6,  18q2......I358   I393

owner:   CITY   OF  NEW   YORK,   FILED   IN   CITY   CLERK's
OFFICE

Pl. 59         PAGES   FROM   McCOMB's   DIARY   DESCRIBING   LAYING   OF

CORNER-STONE   OF   NEW  CITY   HALL  AND   THE   INSCRIP¬
TIONS ON THE stone; DATED MAY 26, 1803.             .          .    I406    I4O7

owner: n. y. historical society

Pl. 60         MS.  MINUTES OF ORGANIZATION  MEETING OF  N. Y. HIS¬

TORICAL SOCIETY; DATED NOV, 20,  1804.          .          .          .   I422   I428

owner: N. Y. HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Pl. 61          BROADSIDE   ADVERTISEMENT   OF   "HAERLEM    BLOOMING-

DALE & NEW-YORK stage;" DATED APRIL 5,   1806.          .    I47O    I445

OWNER :  MASS. HISTORICAL SOCIETY