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when you approach near to them, from the 
shores being crowded in this manner with ir¬ 
regular masses of wooden houses, standing as 
it were in the water. The federal city, where 
they have already begun to erect the same kind 
jof wooden wharfs and storey-houses without 
any regularity, will be just the same. It is 
astonishing, that in laying out that city, a grand 
quay was not thought of jm the plan; it would 
certainly have afforded equal, if not greater 
accommodation for the shipping, and it would 
have added wonderfully to the embellishment 
of the city. 
Many,of the private houses in New York 
are very good, particularly those in Broadway. 
Of the public buildings, there are none which 
are very striking. The churches and houses 
for public worship, amount to no less than 
twenty-two; four of them are for Presbyte¬ 
rians, three for Episcopalians of the church of 
England, three for Dutch Reformists, two for 
German Lutherans and Calvinists, two for , 
Quakers, two for Baptists, two for Methodists, 
one for French Protestants, one for Moravia 
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ans, one for Roman Catholics, and one for 
Jews., 
According to the census in 1790, the num¬ 
ber of inhabitants in New York was found to 
be thirty thousand one hundred and forty ^ 
• eight free persons, and two thousand one hugh 
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