N.Y. (1775). His brother, William, was the
first governor of N.J.

[Illustration: Reception of President Washington at New
York, April 23rd, 1789

After the ratifying of the federal constitution, Washington, in
1788, was unanimously elected president. On April 23, 1789, he
arrived from Virginia at New York, where he was received with a
frenzy of gratitude and praise, and was inaugurated at the Senate
hall which stood on the site of the present U.S. Sub-Treasury
building. The stone whereon Washington stood when he came out of
the house is preserved in the south wall of this building. He is
described as wearing suit of homespun so finely woven that "it was
universally mistaken for a foreign manufactured superfine cloth."
This, of course, was a high tribute to domestic industry.]

22 M. IRVINGTON, Pop. 2,701. (Train 51 passes 9:06a; No. 3, 9:25a; No.
41, 1:39p; No. 25, 3:21p; No. 19, 6:11p. Eastbound: No. 6 passes 8:43a;
No. 26, 9:03a; No. 16, 3:21p; No. 22, 4:46p.)

"Sunnyside," a stone building "as full of angles and corners as a cocked
hat"* and situated behind a screen of trees a little north of the
station, was the home of Washington Irving, for whom the town was named.
First erected by Wolfert Acker in 1656, it was considerably enlarged
by Irving in 1835.

[Illustration: War and Merchant Ships of Revolutionary Days

These are authentic pictures, showing actual details, of the ships
used by the Americans and British at the time of the Revolutionary
War. They were originally engraved for the First Edition of the
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1768). In the centre is a first rate ship
of war, "the noblest machine that ever was invented," to quote the
First Edition; and the illustration below shows the interior
construction of the hull. It will be noticed that there are three
gun decks, below which is the poop, or storage deck. "A common
first rate man of war," says the First Edition, "Has its gun deck
from 159 to 178 ft. in length, and from 44 to 51 broad. It
contains from 1313 to 2000 tons; has from 706 to 1000 men, and
carries from 96 to 100 guns. The expense of building a common
first rate, with guns, tackling and rigging is computed at 60,000 L
sterling."]

The east end is covered with ivy said to be grown from a slip given to
Irving when he visited Scott at Abbotsford. At Irvington we come to
Tappan