. Relics of the revolution; the story of the discovery of the buried remains of military life in forts and camps on Manhattan Island . cl(man Farm In hut site No. 34, the farthest to the northeast, an excellentstone fireplace was exposed. It was in so convenient a positionthat it was decided to make a complete excavation, to determinethe limits of the floor space, and use it in a reconstruction of atypical hut in the grounds of the old Dyckman house, about tobe laid out as a public park. Some hard work cleared a floor spaceof about ten feet square, composed of the usual blackened, hardtrodden
. Relics of the revolution; the story of the discovery of the buried remains of military life in forts and camps on Manhattan Island . cl(man Farm In hut site No. 34, the farthest to the northeast, an excellentstone fireplace was exposed. It was in so convenient a positionthat it was decided to make a complete excavation, to determinethe limits of the floor space, and use it in a reconstruction of atypical hut in the grounds of the old Dyckman house, about tobe laid out as a public park. Some hard work cleared a floor spaceof about ten feet square, composed of the usual blackened, hardtrodden sand. The liciirtli was found to be laid with Colonial red. Officers Hut No. 34 on the iHckmau Farm bricks, carefully titted in place and extending about a foot outfrom the stone jambs of the fireplace. The fire space was twofeet six inches wide at the back, and three feet six inches wide atthe mouth, by two feet four inches deep. The hearth was morethan seven feet below the sods, the hill having a steep slope at thisplace. In the thin layer of ashes there was a dainty little porcelaintea-cup, and in the fill, a closed pocket-knife with bone sides,a bronze strap-buckle, but no buttons were seen. On either side 183 Relics of the Revolution of the fireplace in the angle of the dug-out space, a flat stone hadbeen set, probably as a settle, and in the opposite corner a spaceof yellow sand showed up in the floor, which had the appearanceof having been the place covered perhaps with a bed or bench. The construction of the tireplace was then restored. The placewhere the liiitol beam had rested was found at a height of threefeet from the hearth, and a
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