New York 



in the Gothic taste, with a spire, the other upon the 

 model of some of the new churches in London. 

 Besides these, there are several other places of re- 

 ligious worship; namely, two Low Dutch Calvinist 

 churches, one High Dutch ditto, one French ditto, 

 one German Lutheran church, one Presbyterian 

 meeting-house, one Quaker ditto, one Anabaptists 

 ditto, one Moravian ditto, and a Jews synagogue. 

 There is also a very handsome charity-school for 

 sixty poor boys and girls, a good work-house, bar- 

 racks for a regiment of soldiers, and one of the finest 

 prisons I have ever seen.* The court or stadt- 

 house makes no great figure, but it is to be repaired 

 and beautified. There is a quadrangular fort,f 

 capable of mounting sixty cannon, though at present 

 there are, I believe, only thirty-two. Within this 

 is the governor's palace, and underneath it a battery 

 capable of mounting ninety-four guns, and barracks 

 for a company or tw^o of soldiers. Upon one of the 

 islands in the bay is an hospital for sick and wounded 

 seamen; and, upon another, a pest-house. These 

 are the most noted public buildings in and about the 

 city. 



The province of New York is situated between 

 the 40th and 45th degree of north latitude, and about 

 75 degrees west longitude. It lies in a fine climate, 

 and enjoys a very wholesome air. The soil of most 



* See Note XI. 



t See Note XII. 



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