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NJ - Weehawken: Hamilton Death Rock

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Thu, 25 May 2006 07:40:11 -0700

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Near a picturesque cliff along the Hudson River, overlooking the island of Manhattan, Aaron Burr did battle with Alexander Hamilton. The date was July 12, 1804. The actual rock "on which rested the head of Alexander Hamilton" after he was mortally wounded is the base of the monument. Years ago the rock was moved to its current lofty perch on Hamilton Ave. (a dead end street) to make way for the Weehawken yacht basin.

NJ - Weehawken: Hamilton Death Rock

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Thu, 25 May 2006 07:39:55 -0700

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NYC - Financial District: Trinity Churchyard Cemetery - Alexander Hamilton

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Wed, 24 May 2006 05:08:39 -0700

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Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 – July 12, 1804) was the first treasurer of the United States, a Founding Father, economist, and political philosopher. Aide-de-camp to General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War, he was a leader of nationalist forces calling for a new Constitution; he was one of America's first Constitutional lawyers, and wrote most of the Federalist Papers. He was the founder of The Bank of New York, the nation's oldest commercial lender, and the primary author of the economic policies of the George Washington Administration, especially the funding of the state debts by the Federal government, the establishment of a national bank, a system of tariffs, and friendly trade relations with Britain. He created and dominated the Federalist Party. His likeness appears on the ten-dollar bill.

Wounded in a pistol duel with longtime foe Aaron Burr, Hamilton died in the pastoral care of the Episcopal Bishop of New York, Benjamin Moore, who was also the Rector of Trinity Church. Moore administered Hamilton his Last Rites, even though killing a man in a duel was a capital offense in New York in 1804, and dueling was widely considered immoral.

Having bought a pew at Trinity, Hamilton was technically a member of the church; however, there is no evidence that was a regular churchgoer. Several of his children were baptized at Trinity. After establishing himself as a lawyer, Hamilton and his partners handled Trinity's legal business.

The Hamilton monument, made of a pure-white high-grade marble, was commissioned in 1804, but not erected until 1806. Hamilton's son is also buried in Trinity Churchyard. He died one year earlier than his father - also of uncivil wounds received during a duel.

Trinity Church, prominently located at the terminus of Wall Street at 79 Broadway, is the oldest Episcopal church in New York City, having been consecrated on Ascension Day May 1, 1846. Designed by architect Richard Upjohn, Trinity is considered a classic example of Gothic Revival architecture. At the time of its completion, the 281-foot spire was the highest point in New York until being surpassed in 1890 by the New York World Building.

The adjoining Trinity Churchyard Cemetery, opened in 1697, is one of three separate burial grounds that make up the non-denominational Trinity Church Cemetery (the others being the Churchyard of St. Paul's Chapel and the Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum at the Chapel of Intercession). Among the 1,186 interred here are William Bradford, Robert Fulton (memorial tribute), Captain James Lawrence, Horatio Gates, and Albert Gallatin. There are also memorials to the unknown martyrs of the Revolution buried on the grounds, 16 officers of the Continental Army and Navy buried in the church cemeteries, and to the thousands of Americans who died in prison ships in New York Harbor.

Trinity Church and Graveyard was designated a landmark by the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1966.

National Register #76001252 (1982)

NYC - UES - MCNY - Alexander Hamilton statue

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:02:56 -0700

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This 7-foot nickel silver bronze statue of Alexander Hamilton, executed by Adolph A. Wienman, was dedicated in 1941 and sits in a niche on the northern end of the facade of the Museum of the City of New York, opposite a sculpture of DeWitt Clinton, also by Weinman. Gifts of a trustee of the MCNY, they represent New York City's emergence as a commercial center.

Weinman's sculpture was modeled after Robert Ball Highes' 15-foot high statue of Hamilton from the grand rotunda of the New york Merchant's Exchange. Prior to its destruction in the Great Fire of 1835, the toga-wearing depiction of Hamilton was the first marble statue produced in the United States. The frowning Hamilton's right hand, holding a scroll, rests on a pillar. The inscription reads: Alexander Hamilton, 1757-1804.

The Museum of the City of New York (MCNY), founded in 1923 to present the history of New York City and its people, fills an imposing 5-floor brick and limestone building on the Museum Mile section of Fifth Avenue, between 103rd and 104th Streets. The Museum was originally housed in Gracie Mansion until this Neo-Georgian-Colonial style was built to the design of Joseph J. Freedlander from 1928-1930. The museum's collections include paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs featuring New York City and its residents, as well as costumes, decorative objects and furniture, toys, rare books and manuscripts, marine and military collections, police and fire collections, and a theater collection.

NYC - UES - MCNY - Alexander Hamilton statue

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:03:05 -0700

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