That building was later renamed Federal Hall, which briefly served as the first capitol of the United States, and the site of the first inauguration of George Washington as president.

[15][16] His great grandson, also named Abraham de Peyster, briefly led the Loyalists in the Battle of Kings Mountain.

Evacuating to British North America after the American Revolution, the younger Abraham became the Treasurer of the new royal colony of New Brunswick.

In the fall of 2013, it was restored to public view in its current location in Thomas Paine Park near the Supreme Court building.

[21] A duplicate of the New York statue was also donated by John Watts de Peyster to Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where it is currently placed on Buchanan Avenue.