TJic Hudson River is offered to the ]iu])lic with a consciousnes ofthe vastness of the suljject and the im])ossibility of treating it exhaustively in a single volume. The author \w\\\ ask his archaological readers kindly to bear in mind that for no town in the land vv^ould the antiquaries be found in accord concerning all points of local history. Whoever writes the history (jf a single village, whether on the Hudson or elsewhere, must expect the honest criticism of some who do not agree with his conclusions. He can only claim to have made a careful study of the very interesting records of the communities of the Hudson River Valley, and may hope that his narrative and conclusions ma>' be found in substantial accord with the accepted authorities.

Contents 65

I -- Introductory .... 87 II -- Two Cities on One Site . Ill -- New Buildings and Old . IV-- Festivals and Pageants . V -- Along the Manhattan Shore

VI -- On the Jersey Shore VII Early Settlers of the Hudson Valley 139 VIII-- The Passing of the White Wings . 100 IX Fulton and the Hudson River Steamhoat 41 X -- Riverside to In wood XI -- The Island and the River in 1776

XII -Forts Washington and Lee 181

XIII ^From Spuyten Duyvil to Yonkers XIV-- Spectres of the Tappan Zee . 211289

XV -- In the Land of Irving . 226

XVI-- Literary Associations of the Hudson 246

XVII-- Around Haverstraw Bay

XVIII-- The Storming of Stony Point XIX -- At the Gate of the Highlands