Doggett, John, The great metropolis or guide to New-York for 1846

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82       CHURCHES IN N. Y.—COMMISSIONERS  IN BANKRUPTCY.
 

the monument erected to the memory of tlie late Bishop John H.
Hobart, executed by Bali Hughes, at a cost of $3000.

The Organ, which is to be built by Mr. Henry Erben, will cost
$10,000. The case is constructed of oak, of a rich Gothic pattern,
from a plan of Mr. Richard Upjohn, and wil 1 be 53 feet high, 32 feet
deep, and 27 feet wide. The largest wooden pipe is 32 feet long,
and 36 by 30 inches, internal measurement. The largest metal pipe
is 28 feet long, and 5 feet in circumference. There will be four sepa¬
rate organs, viz.—Great organ, choir organ, swell organ, and pedal
organ ; 43 stops—11 of which will be diapasons, one of .32 feet in
length, and 4 of 16 feet in length, besides two reed stops of 16 feet in
length. There will be nearly 2500 pipes in the organ, and its total
weight will be upwards of forty tons.

Dimensions.—The following, are the dimensions of Trinity in a
compact form: —

feet,  inches.

Length out to out..........................    192        "

"       inside, exclusive of tower..-.........    137       "

Depth of chancel........................,.     33       6

Square of tower inside.....................     13        6'

"       "     "   including buttresses.........     45        "

Breadth out lo out.........................     84        "

"         inside.............................     72        "

"         ofnave...........................      37        4

Heightofnave............................      67        6

"      of tower to cornice..................    127        "

"       including spire and cross.............    283        "

Attached to the church is a large cemetery, in which rest the re¬
mains of generations that have passed away, among which are
some of the most distinguished men the country has produced: such
as Alexander Hamilton, Captain Janies Lawrence, &c. &c.
 

Clitirciies in New York.

The number of churches of each denomination, is as follows :-
 

African Union,.............    1

Baptist...................... 23

Congregational,.............    5

Dutch Reformed,........... 17

Friends,....................    4

Jewish,....................    9

Lutheran,..................    3

Methodist Episcopal,........ 27

Methodist Protestant,........    1

Presbyterian,................ 31
 

Reformed Presbyterian,......    2

Associate Ref'd Presbyterian,   2

Associate Presbyterian,......    2

Protestant Episcopal,........ 37

Roman Catholic,............ 16

Unitarian,..................   2

Universalist,................   4

Welsh......................    2

Miscellaneous,.............. 18

Total number,       206
 

Commissioners in Bankruptcy.

Stephen Cambreleng, 20 Nassau; William W. Campbell, 52
John; Ogden Edwards, 61 Wall; Sylvanus Miller, 1 Hanover; J.
W. Mulligan, 52 John ; James Strong, 45 William. Com.missioners
in Bankruptcy for Pennsylvania—Ogden Edwards, 61 Wall.
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