rf » Author Title Imprint 16—47372-3 1776 I " I 1913 CITY OF NEW YORK WILLIAM J. GAYNOR, Mayor HELD AT THE C ITY HALL IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK JULY THE FOURTH NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN At 10 o'clock, A. M. TO COMMEMORATE THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE JULY THE FOURTH, SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX BY THE FOURTH OF JULY COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK JOINTLY WITH THE AMERICAN SCENIC AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY DR. GEORGE F. KUNZ, President ^*jfe- vtmF0raiion ai it|^ (liixg i^aii, Qliiy m i^nrui ^oik 3htlg 4% 1913. in a. m. HON. WILLIAM J. GAYNOR Mayor of the City of New York, Presiding Ml Music ........ Frank Stretz's Military Band Invocation ....... Rev. Percy Stickney Grant, D.D. Rector of the Church of the Ascension "America" .... Girls of the De Witt Clinton High School Address Hon. Herman Ridder Commissioner of Charities " My Old Kentucky Home " . . . . Frank Stretz's Military Band Address Hon. William ]. Gaynor Mayor of the City of New York Honorary President Safe and Sane Fourth of July Celebration " Columbia the Gem of the Ocean" . De Witt Clinton High School Girls David T. Shaw Address Dr. J. Soyeda Of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Japan, and the American Japanese Society Address ..... Communication from Captain Raold Amundsen Discoverer of the South Pole B'.UE AND THE Gray" .... Frank Stretz's Military Band ^ARATiON OF INDEPENDENCE Benedict J. Greenhut Vice-President of the Safe and Sane Fourth of July Celebration Committee ' Hail Columbia " De Witt Clinton High School Girls Professor Phylla Words by N. Clifford Page Address ..... Special Message from His Excellency, Dr. Lauro Miiller Minister for Foreign Affairs of Brazil and remarks by Hon. John Barrett Director-General of the Pan-American L^nion " American Fantaisie" Frank Stretz's Military Band ADDRi - \. ...■•■ ■ Hon. George McAneny President of the Borough of Manhattan '< Battle Hymn Sf the Republic " . . De Witt Clinton Hig' '^,-hoo! Girls \ Julia Ward y owe Address . '. . . . • ' • • Hon. William Frendergasi ' Comptroller of the City of New York "Star Spangled B\nner" .... Frank Stretz's Military Band Through the courtesy of Lorillard Spencer, Commissioner of Boy Scouts of America for Neyv York, one hundred Boy Scouts, in charge of Field Scout Master A. G. Clarke, will act as gruards and attendants. Ajuu-a^B'i}" Explanation of Map The Declaration of Independence was read to the Continental Aiuiy in New York, in the presence of Washington, on the Com- mon, called the Fields, later City Hall Park, July 9, 1776. Upon this Common the Sons of Liberty had for ten years erected their tiherij Poles. Here Alexander Hamilton trained his Artillery ' r...,any in 1776. The old Common was substantially identical . ilie triangle bounded by Broadway, Chambers Street and '; Row. The north-east corner was gradually worn off until, w.iii t'.e opening of Centre Street, the Park was bounded by Broad ay. Chambers Street, Centre Street and Park Row- It mained until 1867, when the Post Office site was sold. ::e of ancient burying ground for negroes, paupers and .Is and for American patriots under British rule during the tion. 2. New Hall of Records. 3. Site of barrier gate ck-house in angle of second City Wall of palisades erected (Marschalk's survey, 1755). 4-7. Large broken outline. Upper Barracks, 1757-1790 5. Small broken outline, plan of sec .nd almshouse, 1797-1857. There were additional Barracks between sites 5 and 16 during the Revolution. 6. Solid outline, present Countv Court-house, begun 1861. 7. Present City Court-house, erected 1852. 8. Site of Rotunda, 1818-1870. 9 Site f'f dispensary and soup-house, 1817 and later ; also of fire engiu ■ house, removed 1906. 10-10. New Municipal Building. 11. vSi"- of temporary fire engine house built 18^9. 12. Subway kioftki 13. Approximate site of old State Arsenal ; later, Free Schoo',, No. 1, circa 1809. 14. Fortifications built by Americans in 1776 (Hills' survey, 1782-5). 15. Postal Telegraph Building, 253 Broadway, site of Montagnie's Tavern, headquarters of Sons of Liberty, 1770 and earlier. 16. Plan of Bridewell, 1775-1838 thus in 17-1 site o (Mangin's survey, 1804) ; a Revolutionary prison, i''. City Hall, begun 1803 : site of first Almshouse, 1736-1797. 18. Site of Gaol, the " Martyrs' Prison " of the Revolution, later Hall of Records, 1757-1903 (Mangin's survey). 19. Site of Powder .'Vlagazine (Marschalk's survey, 1755, and Montresor's survey, 17.'-^). 20. New York World Building. 21. Nathan Hale Statue (tempo- rarily moved). 22. Approximate site of the first buildingyp° the Common, early 18th century. 23. Fountain built 1871. V^- Statue of Benjamin Franklin in Printing House Square. ZsP- New ^'ork Sun Building, built 1811, first permanent Tamman; Hall. 26. Approximate site of grave of Jacob Leisler as located on Grim's recollection map, but may have been a little farther north. 27. New York Tribune Building; statue of Horace Greeley in vestibule. 28. AmericHn Tract Society Building; site of Mart- ling's Tavern ; rendezvous of Sons of Liberty and " Martling's Men;" Wigwam of Tammany Society, 1798.' 29. Building for- merly occupied by New \'ork Times. 30. Site of Brick Presby- terian Church built 1768. 31. Site of Croton Water Fountain in what was once part of City Hall Park ; triangle is now occupied by United States Post Office and Court-house. 32. Astor House, built 1834-38 ; site of Drovers' Inn :uul other early hostelries. 33. Nos. 21, 23, 25 Park Row, site •< .successive Park Theatres, 1798-1848, frontage of 78 feet on I'ark Row and 85 feet on Theatre Alley. Part of this site (No. 21 Park Row) is now occupied by the Park Row Building. 34. Saint Paul Building ; southern half of this property is site of Spring Garden House. On this propert\ stood Bicker's Tavern, bought by Sons of Liberty after they left Montagnie's and named Hampden Hall L-^ter site of Scudder's Museum and Barnum'sMuseimi. 35. Saint Paul's Chapel, begu;. in 1764. 36. Woolworth Building, tallest building in th'- ■ -jrhi Q^fllrfrs 0f tit? IFnurtl) nf iuly (Eommttt?? HERMAN RIDDER, President BENEDICT J. GREENHUT, Vice-President ISAAC N. SELIGMAN, Treasurer Dr. EDWARD HAGAMAN HALL, Secretary City Rail Celebration Committee Chairman, DR. GEORGE F. KUNZ Vice-Chairman, COL. HENRY W. SACKETT Secretary, WILLIAM A. JOHNSTON Musical Director, ARTHUR V. FARWELL Col. Ki ^ne K. Austin Hon. Frank L. Dowling Hon. George MoAneny x