Frontispiece to "A Short Historial Account of the Early Society of Methodists, Established in the City of New York in the year 1763." Published, N.Y., 1824. Caption: "The first erected in America, Founded A.D. 1768"
The original was in such a bad state of repair that this reproduction was made from a facsimile lithograph, published in 1900 by Mr. B.F. Stevens of London. The fascimile was in 24 sheets.
Two images on the page. Top image: This is the original college building of Columbia University, then Columbia College (and originally King's College).Bottom image: Earliest known broadside catalogue of King's College (now Columbia University),…
Top: Originally from The New-York Magazine; or, Literary Repository, June 1790. This building was called Richmond Hill, and Vice-President John Adams resided there after the Revolution.