VICE PRESIDENT ADAMS’ LETTER TO MAYOR VARICK TENDERING TO THE CITY THE FURNITURE USED BY THE U.S. SENATE IN THE OLD CITY HALL; DATED AUG. 12, 1790. from the book  The iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909 compiled from original sources and illustrated by photo-intaglio reproductions of important maps, plans, views, and documents in public and private collections - Volume 5 by Stokes, I. N. Phelps (Isaac Newton Phelps), 1867-1944