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CHAPTER XXVIL

I alluded in one of my chapters relating to the old
Van Zandt family, to portraits of Wynant Van Zandt.
I thought they were destroyed. It seems that they are
in possession of Thomas Van Zandt, now in France.
They were on exhibition at Peal's Museum, in Broad¬
way, at the time of the great fire. The pictures were
found by Wynant Van Zandt in his father's garret,
rolled up in a bundle, and by him given to old Paff to
restore.

Mrs. Wynant Van Zandt was very beautiful. She
had a fine figure and magnificent black eyes.

The Bible from which I gave extracts in Dutch was
taken to Iowa by William Van Zandt. His house was
burned, and at the same time this old rare Bible.

The late Alderman Van Zandt was the first to pro¬
pose a dispensary.

He proposed also that Canal street should be 200 feet
wide with a canal in the centre for boats. The other
alderman agreed to 80. So he got 20 feet, and this
made it 100 feet as it now remains.

His son. Doctor Charles A. Van Zandt, became as
celebrated as any other member of his distinguished fam¬
ily. For a long time it filled a large space in the public
eye, and as I have stated, maintained an honorable rank