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Anecdotal Observations On History & Politics

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Saturday
Nov062010

President Washington's House in New York City

Once upon a time DC was a barren swampland, the US capital was New York City and congress met at Federal Hall on Wall Street. For several months during this 2 year period before 1790, George Washington lived at 39 Broadway near Bowling Green, which was considered a posh neighborhood in the late 18th Century. Residents included the Jays, Livingstons and Hamiltons and at the time the President's house was owned by Alexander Macomb, a prominent merchant who later found himself in debtors prison. While lower Broadway has been subsequently developed many times over in the last 220 years, a plaque marks the spot at 39 Broadway where our first President once lived.