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CHAPTER XXXIX.

When Gen. Moreau lived at No. 129 Pearl street
(Hanover Square,) about every one who was engaged
in trade lived over their store or counting house. Most
of the neighbors of the General, while he was in this
city, were of the first class.

There was much talk about General Moreau
when he arrived here. Napoleon was in the ascen¬
dant, and the star of Moreau in the decline. He was
charged with many crimes. This led him to write and
publish a book In this city, in 1806. It was entitled
" The Life and Campaigns of Victor Moreau, Compre¬
hending his Trial, Justification, and other Events, till
the period of his Embarkation to the United States,
by an Officer of the staff." Of course the Officer of
the Staff merely wrote what the General dictated. The
publishers were Isaac Riley & Co., who kept at No. 1
City Hotel (No. 128 Broadwaj% between Thames and
Cedar streets.) RUey kept a book-store there for many
years. David Bliss was a partner, and copyrighted the
book. Bliss was a book-binder, and kept No. 6 Slote
Lane, right around from Moreau's house, where the book
was bound. He afterwards kept a " Library " at No.
235 Greenwich street. A library, " circulating " or
other, was a great affair in those days, and nearly all of