. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . inal in possession of W, M. Randell, Office of Fire Underwriters. 40 UlR F 1 UK M K N. C II A [*T K R I V. ; ok a xkw kka. 1783-1797.—The British Evacuate the City.— Henceforth New York was to move on her MarvelousCareer.—Address of the Firemen to Governor Clinton. Formation of a new Fire Organization.—The Fresh Water Pond.—New Companies Organized.—Fire Buckets and Their Uses.—Location ofEngine Houses. /\N tin; twenty-fourth of March. i;s:;. Robert R. Livingston. 11n- Se
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . inal in possession of W, M. Randell, Office of Fire Underwriters. 40 UlR F 1 UK M K N. C II A [*T K R I V. ; ok a xkw kka. 1783-1797.—The British Evacuate the City.— Henceforth New York was to move on her MarvelousCareer.—Address of the Firemen to Governor Clinton. Formation of a new Fire Organization.—The Fresh Water Pond.—New Companies Organized.—Fire Buckets and Their Uses.—Location ofEngine Houses. /\N tin; twenty-fourth of March. i;s:;. Robert R. Livingston. 11n- SecretaryV_y of Foreign Affairs, notified General Washington, then at West Point,of the agreeable intelligence of a general peace, and on the ninth ofApril following, at twelve oclock, peace was proclaimed from the steps of theCity Hall by the town major. On the twenty-tilth day of November theAmerican army, under the command of Major-General Henry Knox, marchedfrom Harlem to the Bowery Lane, where they remained until one oclock,when, the British posts being withdrawn, the American column marched in. VIEW OF NEW YORK, GOVERNORS ISLAND, THE RIVERS, ETC., FROM LONG ISLAND, 1776. and took possession of the city. The new era began upon this day; henceforthNew York was to move on her marvelous career. In a few years she appears,reorganized, rebuilt, with new architecture, new institutions, facile princeps]the imperial city of the continent. The compact part of the city extended toChambers Street on the north and to Catharine Street on the east. FortGeorge stood on the north end of the Battery, and barracks for soldiers on thesouthend. The upper barracks were in the park, on Chambers Street. Theprison, new prison, and house of correction were in the park, the latter wiiere C> l* K K I K K .M K X. -II DOW stands the City Hall. The Fresh water pond on Centre Street was in partSurrounded by hills. The hospital building stood near Broadway and DuaneStreet. A line of fort i
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