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  • Trinity Church <br><br> Trinity is an Episcopal church located near Wall Street in New York City. From the Trinity website, the history of the church begins in 1696 when a small group of Anglicans petitioned Governor Benjamin Fletcher for approval to purchase land for a new church. In 1697, the church received its charter from King William II and the first services were held in the new church in 1698. The church was destroyed by fire in 1776 stemming from a battle during which the British retook New York City. After the war, prominent Federalists church members included Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and Rufus King. Construction on the second Trinity church began in 1788, but the structure was torn down in 1839. <br><br> The third and current church was competed in 1846. Architectural historians consider the present, 1846 Trinity Church building, designed by architect Richard Upjohn (1802–1878) a classic example of Gothic Revival architecture according to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Church_%28Manhattan%29">Wikipedia.</a> Upjohn was an English-born architect who emigrated to the U.S. and became most famous for his Gothic Revival churches. He was partially responsible for launching the movement to such popularity in the United States. Upjohn, along with 13 other architects, co-founded the American Institute of Architects on in 1857. He served as president from 1857 to 1876. The <a href="http://www.trinitywallstreet.org/news/articles/richard-upjohns-world">Trinity website</a> has a list of the hundreds of U.S. churches designed by Upjohn. <br><br> Upjohn is honored together with architect Ralph Adams Cram and artist John LaFarge with a feast day on the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church (USA) on December 16. <br><br> William Bradford, Robert Fulton, Albert Gallatin, and Alexander Hamilton are buried in the Trinity Church yard next to the church. See <a href="http://www.trinitywallstreet.org/history/">Trinity's website</a> for more detail.
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  • Alexander Hamilton Grave at Trinity Church A number of prominent Americans from the 18th and 19th centuries are buried in the Trinity Church cemetery including Alexander Hamilton and his wife Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, inventor Robert Fulton, Secretary of Treasury Albert Gallatin, War of 1812 naval hero James Lawrence, and Revolutionary War General Horatio Gates in addition to many members of Congress. See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Church_Cemetery">Wikipedia</a> for more detail. <br><br> Alexander Hamilton was a member of Trinity Church, but it is not known whether he attended services there. After his duel with Vice President Aaron Burr as he lay bleeding and paralyzed in a house on Greenwich Street, he called for Rev. Benjamin Moore, rector of Trinity Church, Bishop of New York, and president of Columbia College, according to the <a href="http://www.trinitywallstreet.org/news/blogs/the-archivists-mailbag/the-last-hours-of-alexander-hamilton">Trinity website.</a> <br><br> According to Ron Chenow’s classic biography of Hamilton, due to his premature death as a result of a dual with Vice President Aaron Burr, large bereaved family, and extended service to his country, there was an outpouring of sympathy from all strata of New York society at the news of his death, something that eluded him in life. This outpouring of grief was repeated in Boston and Philadelphia. <br><br> The Saturday morning of his funeral, guns fired from the Battery, church bells rang, and ships flew their colors at half-mast. According to Chernow, the funeral began around noon, with the somber thud of military drums led by New York militia units at the head of the funeral procession followed by numerous clergymen and members of the Society of the Cincinnati (Revolutionary War officers). Eight pallbearers carried Hamilton’s casket with his hat and sword pierced on top. Hamilton’s horse with Hamilton’s boots and spurs reversed in the stirrups trailed. Tearful spectators looked on as the procession wound along Beekman Street then down Pearl Street and Whitehall Street to Broadway. The procession went on for two hours before arriving at Trinity Church where Gouverneur Morris, delivered the funeral oration. Morris, who drafted large segments of the Constitution, also gave the final oration for George Washington. Chernow depicts the tragic scene as four of Hamilton’s sons aged 18, 14, 11, and 6, sat weeping at the stage near Morris. <br><br> From Chernow: “Once Morris had finished his speech, the casket was transferred to a grave site in the Trinity churchyard, not far from where Hamilton had studied and lived, practiced law and served his country. With Bishop Moore officiating, Hamilton’s remains were deposited in the heart of the district that was to become the center of American finance. At the close, troops gathered around his grave, formed a neat square, and fired three volleys at intervals into the air. Hamilton was laid to rest with full honors in a martial style that would have gratified the most florid fantasies of the adolescent clerk on St. Croix who had once prayed for a war to prove his valor. “This scene was enough to melt a monument of marble,” said Hamilton’s New-York Evening Post. Thus ended the most dramatic and improbable life among the founding fathers.”
  • Trinity Church Reredos and Stained Glass Windows (windows designed by Richard Upjohn and reredos by Frederick Clarke Withers) According to the Trinity website, the stained glass windows are considered to be some of the oldest in the U.S. The windows were made on site, in a shed erected in the churchyard during the church's construction. Church architect Richard Upjohn (1802-1878) designed the windows. Upjohn was an English-born architect who emigrated to the U.S. and became most famous for his Gothic Revival churches. He was partially responsible for launching the movement to such popularity in the U.S. Upjohn, along with 13 other architects, co-founded the American Institute of Architects in 1857. He served as president from 1857 to 1876. The <a href="http://www.trinitywallstreet.org/news/articles/richard-upjohns-world">Trinity website</a> has a list of the hundreds of U.S. churches designed by Upjohn. Upjohn is honored together with architect Ralph Adams Cram and artist John LaFarge with a feast day on the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church (USA) on December 16. In 1876-1877 a reredos and altar was erected in memory of William Backhouse Astor, Sr., to the designs of architect Frederick Clarke Withers.
  • Trinity Church Altar Stained Glass Windows by Richard Upjohn <br><br> According to the Trinity website, the stained glass windows are considered to be some of the oldest in the U.S. The windows were made on site, in a shed erected in the churchyard during the church's construction. From left to right are Peter, Matthew, Mark, Jesus, Luke, John, and Paul. <br><br> Church architect Richard Upjohn (1802–1878) designed the widows. Upjohn was an English-born architect who emigrated to the U.S. and became most famous for his Gothic Revival churches. He was partially responsible for launching the movement to such popularity in the U.S. Upjohn, along with 13 other architects, co-founded the American Institute of Architects in 1857. He served as president from 1857 to 1876. The <a href="http://www.trinitywallstreet.org/news/articles/richard-upjohns-world">Trinity website</a> has a list of the hundreds of U.S. churches designed by Upjohn. <br><br> Upjohn is honored together with architect Ralph Adams Cram and artist John LaFarge with a feast day on the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church (USA) on December 16.
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