“The rich rob the poor and the poor rob one another.” Many of Peter’s old friends were dead or in jail, so she thanked God that her son had escaped such an ending to his young life. Belle didn’t want to write Peter about the ugly side of New York because her son had seen enough of that life when he had lived there. So she told Peter about old Mary Washington, a servant of President Washington, who still sold fruits and vegetables at 79 John Street between Gold and Nassau Street. When the first president