The present fine building was then commenced, and was completed in 1843. Within the burial-ground around the church, and the most conspicuous object there, is the magnificent brown freestone monument, erected by order of the vestry, in 1852, and dedicated as "Sacred to the Memory," as an inscription upon it says, " of those brave and good men who died, whilst imprisoned in the city, for their devotion to the cause of American Independence." Hereby is indicated a great change, wrought by time.

* The Museum building (seen opposite St. Paul's in the picture), with all its contents, was destroyed by fire in 18(35.

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When these "brave and good men" were in prison, one of their most unrelenting foes was Dr. Inglis, the Eector of Trinity, because they were "devoted to the cause of American Independence."* The church fronts Wall Street, the site of the wooden palisades or wall that extended from the Hudson to the East Eiver, across the island, when it belonged to the

SOLIHERS' MONUMENT IN TEIKITi' CIIUKCHYAED.

Dutch. Here we enter the ancient domain of New Amsterdam, a city around which the mayor was required to walk every morning at sunrise.

* Wlien Washington anived in New York with troops from Boston, in the spring of 1776, he occupied a house in Pearl Street, near Liberty, not far from Trinity Church. Being a communicant of the Churcli of England, he attended Divine service there. On Sunday morning, one of Washington's generals called on Dr. Inglis, and requested him to omit the violent prayer for the king and royal family. He paid no regard to it. He afterwards said to that officer, "It is in your power to shut up the churches, but you cannot make the clergy depart from their duty." Tlie prisoners alluded to in the inscription on the monument, were those who died in the old Sugar-houses of the city, which were used for hospitals.