It was estimated that a garrison of 1,500 would be required for it, which could not be spared from the army. So after transporting the cannon and stores to West Point, the works were demolished.1 The loss of Stony Point caused Sir Henry Clinton to give up his design against New London, and that place was spared until September of 1781, when the traitor Arnold was sent against it and the Fort Griswold garrison was massacred. Returning from Throgg's Neck to the Hudson shore of Westchester County, Clinton hastily 1 Bolton (rev. ed., i., 1G1) quotes from an enhistorical accuracy, writer, whose tertaining does not very distinctly appear, an however, upon the capbearing years incident of later ture of Stony Toint which is too enjoyable not " Many years ago to be included in our pages. was, by accident, brought up :in iron cannon by an anchor from the bottom of the river at It was sugthat point (Caldwell's Landing).

of to the pirate shipidea ge'sted that it belonged caught the Kidd. A speculator Captain ami boldly proclaimed, in the face of recorded ship had history to the contrary, that Kidd's been sunken at that point with untold treasTin- story went abroad that the nres on board. by a very large penetrated been had deck and substances, haul silver whichwasencountered auger, attached, with shown its thread

which, it was declared, had been brought up The story was believed, a from the vessel. to procure the was formed company stock treasures by means of a coffer-dam around the For days, weeks, and months sunken vessel. One New the engine worked on the coffer-dam. York merchant put $20,000 into the enterprise, until took large commissions The speculator the hopes of the stockholders failed and the Nothing may be seen there now work ceased. (1876) but the ruins of the works so begun, At that point a bateau at the water's edge. was sunk by a shot from the "Vulture" while conveying the captured iron cannon from Stony the victory by after Point Point to West The cannon brought up by the anchor Wayne.