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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I

Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886. 253 words

* General Hoice to Lord George Germaine, " Staten Island, 15 Au- "gust, 1776;" Annual Register for 1776: History of Europe,* 169 ; Memoirs of General Heath, 53 ; Gordon's Histirry of the American Sevolulion, ii., 304, 305.

5 General Hove to Lord George Germaine, " Staten Island, 15 August, "1776;" Governor Tryon to the same, "Ship Di chess of Gordon, off "ST.iTEN Island, August 14, 1776," postscript, dated "August 15, '' 1776 ; " Gordon's History of the American Revolution, ii., 306 ; etc.

'Jones's History of Sew York during the Revolutionary War, i., 103.

' General Howe lo Lord George Germaine, " Staten Island, I5th "August, 1776."

> Annual Register /or 1776 : History of Europe, 169 ; Gordon's History of the American Revolution, ii., 306.

'That old Church-edifice occupied the Church lot, on the South sideot the Great Way, or Church-lane, not far from the Harlem-river. As the Streets and Avenues now run, it was inside of the block bounded by the First and Second-avenues and One hundred and twenty-fourth and One hundred and twenty-fifth-streets, near the present intersection of the First-avenue and One hundred and twenty-fourth-street, as it has been described to us by our friend, James Kiker, Esq., of Waverly, New

I Vork, the distinguished historian of Harlem, etc.

The fe.itures of the old building may be seen in the View of Harlem

I from Morritania, copied from the original drawing, in the British Museum ; and reproduced in the Manual of tJte CorjKiration of the City of