For those who are interested, the archaeologists' report on the church 
(and associated burials) disturbed by Donald Trump's planned SoHo 
skyscraper has been filed.

The Discovery Channel reports that:

/The archaeological report mentions that the remains — possibly 
belonging to 15-20 individuals, including two children — appear to be 
from a 1820-1835 burial vault under the Spring Street Presbyterian 
Church, which suffered a fire and was razed shortly thereafter in 1963. /

/The report states, "The church's fierce abolitionism was known almost 
from its inception," and goes on to suggest that sermons often addressed 
racial tolerance. /

/Interracial marriages were also performed at the church, according to 
the report. Such acts were deemed radical and resulted in an 1834 attack 
by an anti-abolitionist mob.
/

/"At the Spring Street Church, the rioters entered the church through 
smashed windows, took the remnants of the organ, pew and galleries that 
they had destroyed and used them to create a barricade outside against 
the approaching National Guard, who had been called out to control the 
crowd."/

/Despite the building permit rejections, Trump and his colleagues have a 
permit to excavate the site, which concerned locals say may have harmed 
the burial vault and its contents. /

/Andrew Berman, director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic 
Preservation, told Discovery News, "Neither the living nor the dead are 
pleased with this development."/


More details can be found in the full article, which is located here 
<http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/01/26/trumpdig_his.html?category=history&guid=20070126124530&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000>.