Who is Buried at Trinity and St. Paul's Chapel?
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1776 - Montgomery Monument
Leading the charge of the Battle of Quebec, Major General Richard Montgomery died under British fire in 1775.
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Trinity Churchyard South
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1816 - Benjamin Moore Grave
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1813 - Captain James Lawrence Grave
Naval Hero of War of 1812. Commander of frigate Chesaoeake, his dying words were, "Don't Give Up the Ship!" Lt. Augustus C. Ludlow, his second-in-command shares his grave.
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1814 - Angelica Schuyler Church Grave
An American socialite. She was the eldest daughter of Continental Army General Philip Schuyler, and a sister of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton and sister-in-law of Alexander Hamilton. Schuyler is also buried in the Trinity Church Cemetery close to her sister and brother-in-law.
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1815 - Robert Fulton Memorial Monument
Fulton died in 1815 in New York City from tuberculosis (then known as "consumption"). He had been walking home on the frozen Hudson River when one of his friends, Addis Emmet, fell through the ice. In the attempt to rescue his friend, Fulton got soaked with icy water. He is believed to have contracted pneumonia. When he got home, his sickness worsened. He was diagnosed with consumption and died at 49 years old. After his death, his widow remarried to Charles Augustus Dale on November 26, 1816. His descendants include Cory Lidle, a former Major League Baseball pitcher.
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1804 - Alexander Hamilton Grave
Hamilton's tomb is in the graveyard of Trinity Church at Wall Street and Broadway in Lower Manhattan.Hamilton continued his legal and business activities in New York City, and was active in ending the legality of the international slave trade. Vice President Burr ran for governor of New York State in 1804, and Hamilton campaigned against him as unworthy. Taking offense, Burr challenged him to a duel on July 11, 1804, in which Burr shot and mortally wounded Hamilton, who died the following day.
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1854 - Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton Grave
Alexander Hamilton`s wife, Elizabeth Schuyler, lived until the age of 97. During this period she co-founded the first private orphanage in New York City. She also helped to raise money for the Washington Monument. Schuyler is also buried in the Trinity Church Cemetery close to her husband.
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1836 - John Watts Statue and Grave
John Watts was both a merchant and a politician. Noted for his philanthropy, he helped establish a free clinic and orphanage. The work portrays Watts in his judicial robes, thus emphasizing his political achievements instead of his social accomplishments.
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1806 - Horatio Gates Plaque
A retired British soldier who served as an American general during the Revolutionary War. He took credit for the American victory in the Battles of Saratoga (1777) – a matter of contemporary and historical controversy – and was blamed for the defeat at the Battle of Camden in 1780. Gates has been described as "one of the Revolution's most controversial military figures" because of his role in the Conway Cabal, which attempted to discredit and replace General George Washington; the battle at Saratoga; and his actions during and after his defeat at Camden.
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1819 - Hugh Williamson Grave
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1813 - Silas Talbot Grave
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1818 - Franklin Wharton Grave
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1875 - George Templeton Strong Grave
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Trinity Churchyard North
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1752 - William Bradford's Grave
He is best known as "the pioneer printer of the Middle colonies" and the head of a family that included publishers for 140 years. He was also known for controversies regarding freedom of the press.'Father of American Press" Founder of New york's first newspaper, New York Gazette. 1725.
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1853 - Martyrs Monument
In the northeast corner stands the Soldiers' Monument, with a plaque reading: "At a meeting of Citizens held at the City Hall of the City of New York June 8, 1852: It was resolved That the Erection of a becoming Monument with appropriate inscriptions by Trinity Church to the Memory of those great and good Men who died whilst in Captivity in the old Sugar House and were interred in Trinity Church Yard in this City will be an act gratifying not only to the attendants of this Meeting but to Every American Citizen."The claim those prisoners are buried in Trinity Churchyard is disputed by Charles I. Bushnell, who argued in 1863 that Trinity Church would not have accepted them because it supported Great Britain. Historian Edwin G. Burrows explains how the controversy related to a proposal to build a public street through the churchyard.A chaste Gothic structure of brown stone, standing on a granite foundation, about forty-five feet high, appropriately inscribed, and crowned with the American eagle
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1849 - Albert Gallatin Grave
The health of both Gallatin and his wife declined in the late 1840s, and Hannah died in May 1849. On August 12, 1849, Gallatin died in Astoria, now in the Borough of Queens, New York at age 88. He is interred at Trinity Churchyard in New York City. Prior to his death, Gallatin had been the last surviving member of the Jefferson cabinet and the last surviving senator from the 18th century.
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1791 - Charlotte Temple's Grave
Charlotte Temple is a novel by British-American author Susanna Rowson, originally published in England in 1791 under the title Charlotte, A Tale of Truth.It tells the story of a schoolgirl, Charlotte Temple, who is seduced by a British officer and brought to America, where she is abandoned, pregnant, sick and in poverty. The first American edition was published in 1794 and the novel became a bestseller. It has gone through over 200 American editions. Late in life, the author wrote a sequel that was published posthumously.The vault stone lies in the Trinity Church graveyard, but no one knows if anyone is actually interred in the vault.
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1865 - Fireman’s Memorial Monument
The Fireman`s Memorial Monument in Trinity Church`s graveyard was erected at the request of the volunteer firemen of the Empire Steam Engine Company No. 42 as a tribute to six firemen who were killed as firefighters or in battle as soldiers in the Civil War. The date on the monument is 1865 — the year that New York City`s volunteer firefighters were first organized into professional firefighting companies.
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1802 - Francis Lewis Grave
A wealthy merchant, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence from New York. He is believed to be the first American businessman to visit Russia. When Britain passed the Stamp Act, Francis Lewis joined protest groups. In 1775, he was elected to the Continental Congress, where he worked to supply the Army with weapons and supplies. He would spend most of his life's savings to purchase supplies for the American Army, and would end the war virtually penniless. In the autumn of 1776, the British approached his Long Island home, taking his wife prisoner and burning the home to the ground. Held in a damp, unheated, filthy prison, Elizabeth Lewis became sick and died about two years later. Lewis retired from Congress in 1781, and lived with his two sons the rest of his life. He died on New Year's Eve of 1802, at the age of 89.
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1722 - Elias Neau Grave
Elias Neau, also known as Elie Naud, is an important figure in the Episcopal Church and is commemorated as a “witness to the faith.” He and his wife Susanna are buried in Trinity’s north churchyard, near the Astor Cross. After being persecuted in France for his Protestant beliefs, Neau became an English citizen and settled in America. In New York, he felt God calling him to help enslaved Blacks and Native Americans. Having once been imprisoned in France’s infamous Chateau d’If, Neau worked hard to secure the spiritual education of vulnerable populations. In 1704, Neau used funding from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel to start a school for enslaved persons in New York City. The Episcopal Church honors Elias Neau each year on September 7.
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