ILLUSTRATIONS
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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
