Some coal of the Church, built within the fort by the Hollanders, in the first settlement of New York, which was burnt in the Negro Plot

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Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 23 Jan 1792

Additional Source Text:

Also listed in New-York Daily Gazette, 28 Jan 1792 and Argus (Boston), 10 Feb 1792; General Advertiser (Philadelphia), 20 Jan 1792

Notes:

The Conspiracy of 1741, also known as the Negro Plot of 1741 or the Slave Insurrection of 1741, was a purported plot by slaves and poor whites in New York to revolt and level New York City with a series of fires. Governor George Clarke's house in Fort George caught fire, and soon the church connected to his house was ablaze too. People tried to save it, but the fire soon grew beyond control. In the end, over 100 people were hanged, exiled, or burned at the stake. (Wikipedia, s.v. New York Conspiracy of 1741)

Ebenezer Hazard (1744-1817) was a Philadelphia businessman and publisher who served as U.S. Postmaster General 1782-1789.