Chapter II: Introduction: Albert Shaw xv

ALBANY Walton W. Battershall 1

SARATOGA Ellen Hardin Walworth 39

SCHENECTADY Judson S. Landon 71

NEWBURGH Adelaide Skeel 107

TARRYTOWN-ON-HUDSON Hamilton Wright Mabie 137

NEW YORK CITY Joseph B. Gilder 169

BROOKLYN Harrington Putnam 213

PRINCETON William M. Sloane 251

PHILADELPHIA Talcott Williams 297

WILMINGTON E. N. Vallandigham 335

BUFFALO Rowland B. Mahany 367

PITTSBURGH Samuel Harden Church 393

ILLUSTRATIONS

Transcriber’s Note: The illustrations listed as “Seal of Tarrytown” and “Seal of New York City” were not, in fact, printed in the book. Illustrations have been moved to the nearest paragraph break, which may be on a different page.

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THE “HALF-MOON” ON THE HUDSON, 1609 _Frontispiece_
From the painting by L. W. Seavey.

ALBANY

OLD CHART OF NIEU NEDERLANDT[1] 5

PLAN OF ALBANY, 1695[1] 11

OLD DUTCH CHURCH, ERECTED IN 1715 ON SITE OF ORIGINAL CHURCH
ERECTED IN 1656[1] 13

ST. PETER’S CHURCH ERECTED IN 1715. FORT FREDERICK IN THE
BACKGROUND[1] 15
From a water-color sketch in the British Museum.

MAJOR-GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER[1] 23
From the painting by Colonel Trumbull.

STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER[1] 25
From the painting by Ezra Ames.

VAN RENSSELAER MANOR-HOUSE, 1765[2] 26

SCHUYLER MANSION, 1760[1] 27

WEST SIDE OF PEARL STREET, FROM STATE STREET TO MAIDEN LANE, 1814[1] 31

VIEW OF ALBANY, 1899[2] 33

JOHN V. L. PRUYN 35

SEAL OF ALBANY 37

SARATOGA

SARATOGA LAKE, N. Y. 40

MAP SHOWING HISTORIC AND OTHER DRIVES IN THE VICINITY OF SARATOGA
SPRINGS 42

SARATOGA BATTLE MONUMENT, SCHUYLERVILLE, N. Y. 43

NORTH BROADWAY, SARATOGA SPRINGS, 1898 47

GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER 50
Bronze statue in niche of Saratoga monument, Schuylerville, N. Y.

CONGRESS SPRING IN 1820 52

KAYADROSSERA PATENT, WITH GREAT SEAL OF QUEEN ANNE PENDANT, 1708 55
Original in Saratoga County Clerk’s Office.

WOMEN OF THE REVOLUTION, 1776 57
From tablet on Saratoga battle monument, Schuylerville, N. Y.

“OLD WELL,” FREEMAN’S FARM, BATTLE-GROUND, BEMIS HEIGHTS, SEPT.
19, 1777 61

GENERAL DANIEL MORGAN 63

CONGRESS SPRING, 1898 66

SIGN, “PUTNAM AND THE WOLF,” ON PUTNAM’S TAVERN, SARATOGA SPRINGS 67
Original sign in Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.

SEAL OF SARATOGA 70

SCHENECTADY

COLONIAL HOUSE, UNION STREET 72

VIEW ON STATE STREET 74

“THE BLUE GATE” ENTRANCE TO UNION COLLEGE GROUNDS 77

GLEN-SANDERS MANSION, ERECTED 1714 82

FIRST REFORMED (DUTCH) CHURCH 87

ELLIS HOSPITAL 90

EDISON HOTEL 93

UNION COLLEGE, 1795 99

STATUE, SITE OF “OLD FORT” 100

“THE BROOK THAT BOUNDS THRO’ UNION’S GROUNDS,” UNION COLLEGE 103

ELIPHALET NOTT 105
President of Union College for sixty years.

SEAL OF SCHENECTADY 106

NEWBURGH

WASHINGTON’S HEADQUARTERS AT NEWBURGH[3] 109

JOEL T. HEADLEY[4] 111

THE LUTHERAN CHURCH 113

ANDREW J. DOWNING[4] 116

HENRY KIRKE BROWN[4] 119

HEADQUARTERS OF MAJOR-GENERAL KNOX AT VAIL’S GATE[3] 123

CLINTON’S HEADQUARTERS AT LITTLE BRITAIN, NEAR NEWBURGH 124

CLINTON STATUE IN COLDEN SQUARE, NEWBURGH 126

THE WILLIAMS HOUSE[3] 129

MONUMENT ON TEMPLE HILL, NEAR NEWBURGH[5] 130

THE VERPLANCK HOUSE[5] 131
Baron Steuben’s headquarters, where the “Nicola Letter” was
written.

WASHINGTON’S HEADQUARTERS AT FISHKILL[6] 133

CHARLES DOWNING[4] 134

SEAL OF NEWBURGH 135

TARRYTOWN-ON-HUDSON

BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF TARRYTOWN 139
From a photograph by F. Ahrens.

THE POCANTICO RIVER 149
From a photograph.

OLD MANOR-HOUSE (“FLYPSE’S CASTLE”) AND MILL, TARRYTOWN 151

THE OLD DUTCH CHURCH, SLEEPY HOLLOW 153
From a drawing by W. J. Wilson.

INTERIOR OF THE OLD DUTCH CHURCH, SLEEPY HOLLOW, PRIOR TO ITS
RESTORATION IN 1897 155
From a photograph by F. Ahrens.

MONUMENT TO THE CAPTORS OF ANDRÉ 159
From a photograph by F. Ahrens.

WASHINGTON IRVING 161

“SUNNYSIDE” 163
The home of Washington Irving.

THE JACOB MOTT HOUSE, WHERE KATRINA VAN TASSEL WAS MARRIED 165
Now occupied by the new Washington Irving High School.

SEAL OF TARRYTOWN 166

OLD SLEEPY HOLLOW MILL 167

NEW YORK CITY

FIRST SEAL OF THE CITY, 1623-1654[7] 170

MAP OF ORIGINAL GRANTS[7] 171

THE FORT IN GOVERNOR KIEFT’S DAY 174

PETER STUYVESANT 176

SEAL OF THE CITY IN 1686[7] 177

JOHN JAY 179

ALEXANDER HAMILTON 180

FRAUNCES TAVERN 183

THE STADT HUYS 191

STAINED-GLASS WINDOW IN “BOWLING GREEN OFFICES,” SHOWING GREEN
ABOUT 1760[8] 193

GOVERNMENT HOUSE[8] 195

FEDERAL HALL 196

ST. PAUL’S CHURCH 199

CITY HALL 200

GRANT’S TOMB, RIVERSIDE DRIVE 203

WASHINGTON ARCH 209

SEAL OF NEW YORK CITY 211

BROOKLYN

VIEW IN BROOKLYN IN THE OLDEN TIMES 215

DENYSE’S FERRY 217
The first place at which the British and Hessians landed on
Long Island, August 22, 1776. Now Fort Hamilton.

BUSHWICK TOWN-HOUSE AND CHURCH, 1800 223

SECTION OF MAP OF BROOKLYN, 1776 231

BROWER’S MILL, GOWANUS 233
The Yellow Mill is seen in the distance.

MONUMENT TO MARYLAND’S “400” 241

NAVY YARD 243
In foreground 5.5-inch breech-loading gun, with mount
and shield, taken from Spanish cruiser _Vizcaya_, after
destruction of Spanish fleet, July 3, 1898; also submarine
mine from Guantanamo.

FORT LAFAYETTE, NEW YORK NARROWS 245

BROOKLYN INSTITUTE MUSEUM 246

HENRY WARD BEECHER 247

SEAL OF BROOKLYN 249

PRINCETON

THE LINE OF HISTORIC CATALPAS 253

A VIEW OF THE FRONT CAMPUS 255

JOHN WITHERSPOON 260

WASHINGTON’S HEADQUARTERS AT ROCKY HILL, N. J., NEAR PRINCETON 261

MORVEN 263

RICHARD STOCKTON, “THE SIGNER” 269

HALL IN THE MORVEN HOUSE 273

BATTLE OF PRINCETON. DEATH OF MERCER 277
From the painting by Col. J. Trumbull.

NASSAU HALL 287

PRESIDENT JAMES MCCOSH 293

SEAL OF PRINCETON 296

PHILADELPHIA

READING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 299
From an old French print.

THOMAS PENN 303
From a painting owned by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
copied by M. I. Naylor from the portrait in the possession of
Major Dugald Stuart.

SECOND STREET, PHILADELPHIA, SHOWING THE OLD COURT HOUSE ON THE
LEFT 305
From an engraving by W. Birch & Son.

FRANKLIN IN 1777 307
After the print reproduced from the drawing of Cochin.

THE PHILADELPHIA LIBRARY 309
The old building on Fifth Street, now demolished. From an
engraving by W. Birch & Son.

CARPENTER’S HALL, PHILADELPHIA 313
Wherein met the First Continental Congress, 1774.

THE PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL 315
From an engraving by W. Birch & Son.

INDEPENDENCE HALL, PHILADELPHIA, BEFORE 1876 319

THE MORRIS HOUSE, GERMANTOWN, PHILADELPHIA 321

DR. WILLIAM PEPPER[9] 324

FRANK THOMSON[9] 326

THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 331

SEAL OF PHILADELPHIA 333

WILMINGTON

PLAN OF CHRISTINA FORT, 1655 338

RESIDENCE OF THE LATE THOMAS F. BAYARD[10] 342

OLD SWEDES’ CHURCH 345

REV. ERIC BJORK[11] 348

BISHOP LEE 349

THOMAS F. BAYARD 351

SHIPLEY BUILDING[11] 354

OLD FRIENDS’ MEETING-HOUSE 356

HOUSE OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 359

CITY HALL 361

NEWCASTLE COUNTY COURT HOUSE 363

SEAL OF WILMINGTON 365

BUFFALO

JOSEPH ELLICOTT 368
Founder of Buffalo.

LAFAYETTE SQUARE 371

A GLIMPSE OF BUFFALO HARBOR 375

ST. PAUL’S CHURCH 379

MILLARD FILLMORE[12] 383

BEACON ON OLD BREAKWATER 386

DELAWARE AVENUE, SHOWING BISHOP QUIGLEY’S HOUSE 388

DR. JOHN CRONYN 389

WILLIAM I. WILLIAMS 390

SEAL OF BUFFALO 391

PITTSBURGH

AN EARLY RESIDENT OF PITTSBURGH 395
From the statue by T. A. Mills in the Carnegie Museum.

SUN-DIAL USED AT FORT DUQUESNE 398

THE EARL OF CHATHAM 403
From an oil painting in the possession of the Historical
Society of Pennsylvania.

BLOCKHOUSE OF FORT PITT. BUILT IN 1764 406

PLAN OF FORT PITT 409

PHIPPS CONSERVATORY 415

THE COAL FLEET 419

CARNEGIE INSTITUTE 421

COURT HOUSE 425

SEAL OF PITTSBURGH 426