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| Library of Congress, Map Division. Faden, p.5 1776. |
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| Library of Congress, Map Division. Faden, p.5 1776. |
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| Plan of the redoubts at Richmond on Staten Island, 30th October 1779. Courtesy SI Historical Society. |
The following excerpt from Doctor Forster's Journal is posted here by kind permission of an acquaintance, John T. Phillips II, Author, George Washington's Rules of Civility, and Colonial Laws of Virginia.
Dr. Forster's journal, August 1776 ...
{enroute, from the Coast of the Carolinas to NY ...}:
"8th August. ... off the Virginia Capes ...
"... Howe is in possession of Staton Island {sic} ... I hear is a barren sandy spot."
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"14th August. Nothing remarkable occurred `till our arrival at Staton Island {sic}, We made Sandy Hook Wednesday morning and came to an anchor ... {amidst the transports carrying the German regiments}
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"... instead of Staten Island being a barren spot, it is A MOST BEAUTIFUL FERTILE PLACE {my emphasis} covered with verdure and cultivated every where ..."
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"18th August. We ... disembark and encamp ... I pitched my tent in Lord Cornwallis' Division ...
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"19th August. ... I strouled {sic} into the Hessian Camp, which is pitched in a different manner ... they forming a regular square, we {British pitch our tents in} extended Lines.
"... the whole of this Island is very beautiful, its prospects are very rich, having fine diversity of ground, water and woods ...
"... the most delightful LANDSHIPS were formed by the different Divisions of the Camp -- some being layed out on the water's edge; others at the skirts of high woods; some under large Trees; and the greatest number on the open Plain ~!"
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| Pontoon Bridge from Staten Island to Elizabethtown Point. Courtesy SI Historical Society. |
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| General Howe's Map (below), found in the Duke of Northumberland's papers, depicts Howe's headquarters in the house of Adrian Bancker, on the shore road along the Kill van Kull. Courtesy SI Historical Society. |
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| British Plan of redoubts at Watering Place. Courtesy SI Historical Society. |
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| Detail of Sullivan's Raid. Courtesy SI Historical Society. |
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| Doctor Gamble’s" Manuscript Commonplace Book. 1769-1781 |
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A sketch of the operations of His Majesty's fleet and army : under the command of Vice Admiral the Rt. Hble. Lord Viscount Howe and Genl. Sr. Wm. Howe, K.B., in 1776. NYPL Digital Collections.
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| A Draught of New York and Perthamboy Harbour. NYPL Digital Collections. |
