. Our colonial history from the discovery of America to the close of the revolution. an. Among the interestingplaces in the Borough of Brooklyn are the remains of the oldfort on Lookout Mountain and the Maryland Monumentstanding on its slope, built by that state in honor of its soldierswho fell in the Battle of Long Island. The tablet at FifthAvenue and Third Street, where these same soldiers died tocover the retreat of their comrades, reads: The Site Of The * Old Cortelyou House On The Battle Field Of Long Island Here on the 27th of August, 1775, two hundred and fifty out of fourhundred brave
. Our colonial history from the discovery of America to the close of the revolution. an. Among the interestingplaces in the Borough of Brooklyn are the remains of the oldfort on Lookout Mountain and the Maryland Monumentstanding on its slope, built by that state in honor of its soldierswho fell in the Battle of Long Island. The tablet at FifthAvenue and Third Street, where these same soldiers died tocover the retreat of their comrades, reads: The Site Of The * Old Cortelyou House On The Battle Field Of Long Island Here on the 27th of August, 1775, two hundred and fifty out of fourhundred brave Maryland soldiers under the command of Lord Stir-ling were killed in combat with British troops under Cornwallis. HISTORIC PLACES 191 In Fort Greene Park stands a fine monument in memory ofthe American prisoners who were confined in ships, and whodied as a result of the bad treatment which they received atthe hands of the British. Their bodies were buried in the sandsof the beach, and a century afterward their bones were gatheredtogether and buried where the monument now The Fort Greene Monument. NDEX. [Numbers refer to paragraphs.] Acadia 36 Acadians, removal of 151 Adams, Samuel 180 Albany Congress 144 Albany (Fort Orange) . 42, 117 Amsterdam, New 118 Arnold, General 184, iqo Articles of Confederation 194 Asia, European trade with 4 Bacons Rebellion 65 Balboa 22 Baltimore, Lord 67, 68 Bennington 190 Berkeley, Sir William , 65 Boston . 95 Boston Massacre. 178 Boston Tea Party 176 Braddocks defeat 150 Bradford, William 92 Bunker Hill 182 Burgoyne, General 190 Cabot, John and Sebastian 27 Calvert, Sir George 66 Canada 35) 40 Canada, Invasion of 184 Carteret 122, 123 Cartier 35 Champlain 37 Charles 1 68, 94, 96 Charles II 75, 90, 107, 121, 126 Charleston 76 Charlestown 95 Circumnavigation of Globe. 23 Claybornes Rebellion 72 Clark, George Rogers 191 Clinton, General 191 Colonies, Life in the ... 155-166 Columbus, Christopher. ........ 7-17 Concord. 180 Connecticut 105-1
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