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No. 32] Hamilton, before mentioned as a lawyer of note, in Philadelphia ; and who likewise had held several eminent public offices, in the government, with reputation.

Governor Hamilton continued till his resignation in October, 1754; when he was succeeded, in the government, by Robert Hunter Morris of New Jersey, son of Lewis Morris who had been Governor of that province.

 32. "New-York City" (1760) BY REVEREND ANDREW BURNABY

HIS city is situated upon the point of a small island, lying open to the bay on one side, and on the others included between the North and East rivers, and commands a fine prospect of water, the Jerseys, Long Island, Staten Island, and several others, which lie scattered in the bay. It contains between 2 and 3000 houses, and 16 or 17,000 inhabitants, is tolerably well built, and has several good houses. The streets are paved, and very clean, but in general they are narrow ; there are two or three, indeed, which are spacious and airy, particularly the Broad Way. The houses in this street have most of them a row of trees before them ; which form an agreeable shade, and produce a pretty effect. The whole length of the town is something more than a mile ; the breadth of it about half an one. The situation is, I believe, esteemed healthy ; but it is subject to one great inconvenience, which is the want of fresh water ; so that the inhabitants are obliged to have it brought from springs at some distance out of town. There are several public buildings, though but few that deserve attention. The college, when finished, will be exceedingly handsome : it is to be built on three sides of a quadrangle, fronting Hudson s or North river, and will be the most beautifully situated of any college, I believe, in the world. At present only one wing is finished, which is of stone, and consists of twenty-four sets of apartments ; each having a large sitting room, with a study, and bed chamber. They are obliged to make use of some of