1 The fine old mansion still occupies its place, with few, if any, alterations, on the high grounds forming the southern bank of the Harlemriver, near One hundred and eixty-ninth-street, a little below the Highbridge of the Croton-acqueduct. Madame Jumel, who was also the widow of Aaron Burr, has been dead, many years ; and the right to the ownership of the property has been bitterly contested, in the Courts ; but the old house remains-- and long may it remain.

2 Colonel Harrison's reply, under General Washington's instructions, " Head-quarters, October 12, 1776 ; " Colonel Ewing to the Maryland Council of Safety, " Camp near Harlem, October 13, 1776."

8 General Washington to the Congress, " Heights or Harlem, 12 Octo- "ber 1776;" postscript, dated "October 13th;" the same to General Ward, " Head-quarters, Harlem Heights, October 13, 1776;" Extract of a Letter from Harlem, dated October 13, in The Pennsylvania Evening Post, Volume 2, Number 271, Philadelphia, Tuesday, October 15, 1776 ; the same, in The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1767, Philadelphia, Wednesday, October 16, 1776; Memoirs of General Heath, 71.

i Admiral Lord Howe to Mr. Stephens, Secretary to the Admiralty, "Ba- " ole, off New-York, November 23, 1776 ; " General Howe to Lord George Gennaine, " New- York, 30 November, 1776 ;" [Hall'sJ Hutory of the Civil War in America, 1., 202.

make a dash, in that direction, instead of moving the American Army into Westchester-county ; ° in which latter case the three Brigades commanded by General Lord Percy would have been seriously imperiled ; and, second, because he had landed on Throgg's-neck, which was really an island, instead of on the mainland, where none of the difficulties to which he was exposed, on the Neck, would have been encountered. 6 But, if the General noticed the first of these criticisms, we have seen no mention of it ; and, in answer to the second, without pretending to offer any further explanation, although it is understood that he could easily have done so, 7 he said, before the Committee of the Hou-*e of Commons, who was considering his conduct, as Commander-in-chief of the Army, that the landing at Pell's-neck instead of at Throgg'sneck, " would have been an imprudent measure, as it " could not have been executed without much un- " necessary risk." 8