. New York of to-day . dson River. At the same timehe issued the remarkable series of general ordersnow so eagerly read, and at the same time carriedon the famous correspondence with William Duer,of the secret Committee of Safety. lie had underhi in nearly 8,000 volunteers, for the larger partwholly untrained, undisciplined and about asmotley a crew as ever gathered under any com-mander. Most of them enlisted for only about thirty days,and never troubled themselves to procure suitableuniforms. Notwithstanding their common love ofcountry and undoubted patriotism, they were poormaterial out of w
. New York of to-day . dson River. At the same timehe issued the remarkable series of general ordersnow so eagerly read, and at the same time carriedon the famous correspondence with William Duer,of the secret Committee of Safety. lie had underhi in nearly 8,000 volunteers, for the larger partwholly untrained, undisciplined and about asmotley a crew as ever gathered under any com-mander. Most of them enlisted for only about thirty days,and never troubled themselves to procure suitableuniforms. Notwithstanding their common love ofcountry and undoubted patriotism, they were poormaterial out of which to oppose the regular trainedtroops of the British, and the Tesult was a severedefeat for the Americans and the capture of FortWashington. The prisoners were first assembled inthe barna on the Morris place, and later trans-ferred to hulks and prison ships in New York. Dur-ing this exciting period the Morris House was thecentre of operations, with Washington as first incommand. Upon its surrender to the British, it. Wintrr night scene, M«di*on Squat* Park— Flatirnn and Fifth Avuiiue Building!. NEW YORK OF TO-DAY lit was occupied by Lieut. General Sir Henry Clin-ton, and becamo the headquarters of the invadersall through the Summer of 1777. In one of therooms is shown an old table on which Andre wrotea letter to Arnold in the presence of hiB captors. After Sir Henrys occupancy, the house waa usedduring the summer of 177S and for the continua-tion of the war by the Heaaian generals and theirGerman staff. With the close of the Revolutionthe romance of the bouse for the moment ends, tobe renewed at a later date by the wife of StephenJumel, a wealthy Frenchman who purchased thebouse in 1810. As in the case of all Royalists, the property ofRoger Morris was confiscated and sold. In the daysof its ill fortune it became an inn, known as Calu-met Hall, and was the first stop foT a change ofhorses on the trip to Albany, being then elevenmiles from the city proper. In 1790 it flashe
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