MORRISANIA 



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friend of General Alexander Hamilton. Gouverneur Morris was 

 with the great statesman during his last moments, and he delivered 

 his funeral oration. In 1809, at the age of fifty-seven, he married 

 Anne Cary Randolph, a sister of John Randolph of Roanoke, and 

 a lineal descendant of Pocahontas. The Gouverneur Morris man- 

 sion, built from the design of a French chateau, stood nearly 

 opposite Hell Gate, and east of what is now St. Ann's Avenue. 

 It was here that he entertained Washington and numerous French 



Wm. H. Morris Mansion 



notables, including Louis Philippe, afterward King of the French. 

 Here, too, Lafayette was entertained in 1824 by his son, Gouvern- 

 eur Morris, Junior. Until this historic manor-house was razed a 

 few years ago to make room for the terminal of the New York, New 

 Haven and Hartford Railroad, its wide stairway bore marks that 

 were said to have been made by Gouverneur Morris's wooden leg 

 as he hobbled to bed. 



Below One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Street, west of Third 

 Avenue, stands the old' stone Gate House. This is the oldest 



