Richard Varick (15 March 1753 – 30 July 1831) was Mayor of New York City (F) from 1789 to 1801, succeeding James Duane and preceding Edward Livingston.
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Richard Varick was born in Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey in 1753, and he served as a Continental Army captain under Philip Schuyler during the American Revolutionary War. He later became an aide to Benedict Arnold at West Point, and he served as George Washington's private secretary after Arnold's defection to the British. He served as Recorder of New York from 1784 to 1789, State Attorney General from 1788 to 1789, and as Mayor of New York City from 1789 to 1801. Varick went on to found the American Bible Society and become a bank officer, and he died in Jersey City in 1831. Two streets (one in Jersey City, another in Manhattan) are named for him.
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