. The borough of the Bronx, 1639-1913; its marvelous development and historical surroundings. . \*?- -' CHAPTER XIX HISTORIC KINGSBRIDGE Fort Independence and Other Old Fortifications—Story of General Richard Montgomery, the Hero of Quebec. AT the unveiling of a bronze tablet, marking the site of Fort Number One, by the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society upon the east side of the handsome residence of Mr. William C. Muschenheim at Spuyten Duyvil on Novem- ber 5, 1910, Lieutenant Stephen Jenkins, author of The Story of The Bronx, who delivered the General Richard historical addre
. The borough of the Bronx, 1639-1913; its marvelous development and historical surroundings. . \*?- -' CHAPTER XIX HISTORIC KINGSBRIDGE Fort Independence and Other Old Fortifications—Story of General Richard Montgomery, the Hero of Quebec. AT the unveiling of a bronze tablet, marking the site of Fort Number One, by the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society upon the east side of the handsome residence of Mr. William C. Muschenheim at Spuyten Duyvil on Novem- ber 5, 1910, Lieutenant Stephen Jenkins, author of The Story of The Bronx, who delivered the General Richard historical address at the exercises, spoke with- Montgomery out exaggeration when he said: "With the pos- sible exception of the Mohawk Valley, the Tyron County of Colonial days and the Lake Champlain region, there is- no section in New York State which possesses such romantic, legendary and historic interest as the County of Westchester, par- ticularly the Kingsbridge section. One can not help feeling a thrill as one travels over this historic ground. Wherever one goes or wherever one looks, he finds something of historic ; The Kingsbridge section was a bone of contention dur- ing the early part of the Revolutionary War. When the question of taking measures for the defence of the Colonies was proposed in the Continental Congress, a discussion arose that was long and earnest, for many members yet hoped for reconciliation. On the very day that a British reinforcement at Boston with Howe, Clinton, and Burgoyne entered that harbor, Duane, of New York moved, in the Committee of the Whole, the opening of a negotiation, in order to accommodate the unhappy dis- putes existing between Great Britain and the Colonies, and that this be made a part of the petition to the King. But more deter- mined spirits prevailed, and a compromise was reached on the 25th of May, 1775, when directions were sent to the Provincial Congress at New York to preserve the communications between the City of
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