Excerpt from Washington's Headquarters, New York: A Sketch of the History of the Morris Mansion (or Jumel Mansion) In the City of New York, Used by Washington as His Headquarters in 1776 The youngest of the three is St. Paul's Chapel, at Broadway and Vesey streets, the cornerstone of which was laid in 1764. This edifice, the property Of Trinity Church Corporation, has fortunately been preserved in architecture practically as it was when the subjects Of George II and George III worshipped in it before the Revolution, and when Washington and his contempo raries worshipped in it afterwards. The public has no apprehensions concerning the future of this edifice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.