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Home / Lossing, Benson John. The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea. New York: Virtue & Yorston, 1866. Internet Archive identifier: hudsonfromwilder00lossi. Illustrated travel-history of the Hudson River valley by the writer and artist Benson J. Lossing, whose chapter on Teller's / Croton Point is a primary source for Senasqua place-name etymology, Sarah Teller's 1682 purchase, and the Underhill vineyard. / Passage

The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea

Lossing, Benson John. The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea. New York: Virtue & Yorston, 1866. Internet Archive identifier: hudsonfromwilder00lossi. Illustrated travel-history of the Hudson River valley by the writer and artist Benson J. Lossing, whose chapter on Teller's / Croton Point is a primary source for Senasqua place-name etymology, Sarah Teller's 1682 purchase, and the Underhill vineyard. 265 words

It is no longer dangerous to navigators, the sunken rocks which formed the whirlpool having been leniovcd in 1852, by submarine blasting, in which electricity was em-

Tic tilab bears 'lie fdlow injr inscriplii n : '■ Joa.nnah Rykdees, who was the mcst loving wife of Kavi 1 Provoost. It was lier will to be interred in lliis hill. Obitus 8 Xember, 1749, aged 43 years." "Sacrea to the memory of David Pkovcost, vho died Oct. 19th, 17S1, aged 90 yem-s."

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ployed. This is an interesting historic locality. Here the town records of Newport, Rhode Island, carried away by Sir Henry Clinton, were submerged in 1779, when the British vessel that bore them was wrecked near the vortex. They were recovered. Hero, during the revolution, the British frigate Huzzar was wrecked, and sunk in deep water, having on board, it was believed, a large amount of specie, destined for the use

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of the British troops in America. On Mill Rock, a strong block-house was erected during the war of 1812; and on Hallett's Point, a military work called Fort Stevens was constructed at the same time.

Near Hell-gate the Harlem River enters the East River, and not far distant are Ward's and Randall's Islands. These belong to the corporation of New York. The former contains a spacious emigrants' hospital,

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and the latter nursery schools for poor children, and a penal house of refuge for juvenile delinquents. This is a delightful portion of the East Eiver, and here the lover of sport may find good fishing at proper seasons.

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