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<p>The elevation here shown does not correspond with that of the Government House as executed; it is perhaps an unsuccessful competitive drawing. The architect of the building has not positively been identified, but was probably James Robinson, referred to In The New-York Directory and Register of 1792 as "house carpenter and master builder.
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Source: The Icongraphy of Manhattan Island: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/cul/texts/ldpd_5800727_003/pages/ldpd_5800727_003_00000723.html">v. 3, pp. 869–70</a></div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:John_McComb_Jr." class="extiw" title="w:en:John McComb Jr."><span title="American architect">John McComb Jr.</span></a>
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The Icongraphy of Manhattan Island: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/cul/texts/ldpd_5800727_003/pages/ldpd_5800727_003_00000660.html">v. 3, Plate 10-a</a>