--British troops depart from New York
December.--Washington bids farewell to his officers at
Fraunces's Tavern
1788. The Doctors' Mob
1789. New York the seat of the National Government
Washington becomes First President of the United States and
comes to live in New York
The Government House built
Tammany Society organized
1790. Trinity Church rebuilt
1798. Small-pox epidemic
Manhattan Company established
1803. New City Hall begun
1804. Alexander Hamilton killed by Aaron Burr
1805. Free School Society organized
1807. The Clermont launched
1811. City Plan completed
1812. United States at war with Great Britain
1814. Fort Clinton (afterward called Castle Garden) built
War with Great Britain ended
1823. Yellow fever epidemic
1824. General Lafayette comes again to America
1825. Erie Canal celebration
Gas introduced into city
1833. First penny newspaper started
1835. The "Great Fire" destroys six hundred houses
Work commenced on the Croton Aqueduct
1842. Water admitted through the Croton Aqueduct
1845. First telegraph recording apparatus publicly tested by
Samuel F.
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