He found his houses in King (now Pine) street, and at the corner of Water street and Fly market, almost entirely destroyed. His farm, as he calls it, consisting of about twenty acres, at what is now called Gramercie park' and its vicinity, wasin pretty good order, the house having ' been occupied by one of the British generals.

The council took possession of the property of Trinity church, set aside an election of vestrymen that had been held just before the Americans regained New-York, and ordered a new election,

"in which Mr. Duane was chosen one of the chureh wardens, and other whigs vestrymen. This election was afterwards confirmed by act of Legislature, and the persons elected chose as rector of the church the Rev. Samuel Provoost, a whig who had left New-York when the British took possession, and who was afterwards the Bishop of this Diocese. The property was afterwards restored, and Mr. Duane continued to be elected church warden so long as he remained a resident of the city of New-York.

About the last of December, 1783, the elections in the Southern District took place and Mr. Duane, who had been nominated, was chosen senator. The Legislature having met in New York, in January, 1784, the powers of the Council ceased and the government went into full and peaceful operation over the whole State.

Mr. Duane, like most of the other patriots who had participated in the Revolution, found it necessary, at the conclusion of the war, to resort to business again for a livelihood, and he entered New York with a firm determination to resume the practice of his profession; but the members of the Common Council of the city now petitioned the Governor to nominate him Mayor, and