View of the City of New York from Brooklyn Heights

Original title: A view of the City of New-York from Brooklyn Heights, foot of Pierrepont St. in 1798 by Monsieur Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Mémin (1770-1852) with a Pantograph invented by himself. Text on print: "Published by M.Dripps from an original drawing now in possession of James Carson Brevoort (1818-1887) Esqr. of Brooklyn". Illustration above from Columbia Digital Library Collections, prepared by M. Dripps for Valentine's Manual 1861. Enlargements below from New York Public Library.

Below, enlargement of the part with the old Government House, Exchange Market and Fraunces Tavern, behind other buildings. The Government House occupied the site between the Battery and Bowling Green, where the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House stands today. It was demolished in 1815. The Exchange Market, former Royal Exchange building, was originally erected in 1675, near the foot of Broad Street, rebuilt with a meeting hall on the upper story, in 1752, and demolished in 1799. The historic Fraunces Tavern (Broad Street and old Dock Street, today Pearl Street) was originally erected as a mansion, in 1719. It became a tavern in 1762 when bought by Samuel Fraunces. The building was restored in 1906/1907 and still stands today.

Enlargement of the next part of the illustration, in sequence, with relocated texts. Trinity Church and Wall Street are on the right.