When Robert Richard came to die, in 1801, he dictated, propped up in bed, his last will.

After the bequests to relatives and servants, he whispered to his lawyer: "My father was a mariner, his fortune was made at sea.

There is no snug harbour for worn-out sailors.

I would like to do something for them." Incidentally, the lawyer who drew up the will was Alexander Hamilton.
[Illustration: AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE AVENUE AND TENTH STREET IS THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION, BUILT IN 1840, AND CONSECRATED NOVEMBER 5, 1841.

IT BELONGS TO A PART OF THE AVENUE, FROM THE SQUARE TO TWELFTH STREET, WHICH HAS CHANGED LITTLE SINCE 1845] So the Sailor's Snug Harbor Estate came into being, later to be transferred to its present home on Staten Island.