Abstract
AFTER THE CONSTITUTION had been ratified by twothirds of the states in 1788, the Continental Congress, meeting in New York, resolved that New York City would be the seat of the new government until a more permanent location could be agreed upon. Overjoyed that their city had been selected for this great honor, the City Fathers wasted no time in providing the new government with proper facilities. They resolved that the City Hall, located at the corner of Wall and Nassau Streets, would be the meeting place of the New Congress provided that the building was enlarged and completely renovated befitting the dignity of this august body. The City Hall had been completed in I704 and remodelled in I763, but after all these years it had outlived its usefulness.1
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