St.  Paul's Iiefore Steeple was completed, about   1769.

"NEW YORK IN THE
PRE-REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD, 1765-1774"

By Robert Hendre Kelby,

Librarian llineritus, New York Historical Society.

(a paper read before the society NOV. 1st, 1910)

The City of New York at this period was, in politics,
in culture, and in social display, the capital. The Gov¬
ernor resided here, and the General Assemlily met here.
The British Commander-in-Chief and the only garrison

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