. History of the city of New York: its origin, rise and progress . roops had been drawn infrom Kingsbridge, McGowans Pass, the various posts on Long Island,and Paulus Hook. By request of Carleton, to prevent any disorderwhich might occur as the British retired, a detachment of Americantroops under Knox marched from Harlem, on the morning appointed,down the Bowery Road to a point near the Fresh-Water Pond, wherethey remained seated on the grass until about one oclock in the after-noon. As the rear-guard of the British army began to embark, theymoved silently forward to the Battery, and took pos
. History of the city of New York: its origin, rise and progress . roops had been drawn infrom Kingsbridge, McGowans Pass, the various posts on Long Island,and Paulus Hook. By request of Carleton, to prevent any disorderwhich might occur as the British retired, a detachment of Americantroops under Knox marched from Harlem, on the morning appointed,down the Bowery Road to a point near the Fresh-Water Pond, wherethey remained seated on the grass until about one oclock in the after-noon. As the rear-guard of the British army began to embark, theymoved silently forward to the Battery, and took possession of the then galloped back with a chosen few to meet and escort Wash-ington and Clinton into the capital. The formal entry was witnessed bythousands. Washington and Clinton on horseback, with their suites, ledthe procession, followed by the lieutenant-governor, the legislature, offi-cers of the army, prominent citizens, and the military, amid the mostheart-stirring and grateful enthusiasm. This scene forms a grand epochin the annals of New Reade Arms. [See ijagc 2^9, ftiUe^X THE RETl-RS OF NEW YORK FAMILIES. 275 CHAPTER XXXVII. YORK CITY AFTER PEACE WAS ESTABLISHED. TiiK Kktikn (IF New Yoi:k Families.—Desolation. — Kev. Dr. John ItoDcncus. ^(.■|iLi; — Rutgers College. — Rev. Dk. Hakdenbeugh. — parting■WITH Ills Officer-s. — Resignation of Authority. — James Duaneappointed Mayor of the City. — The Mayors Court. — Richard Varick.—TheNew York Legislature. — Old Morrisania. —The Morris Family. —The Loyal-ists. — Confiscation —The : of Commerce Reorganized. — — First Regents of the University of New York. — Columbia College. — — First City Directory. — Political — Weakness of theGovernment. — Citizens. — Nanking Lvterests. — Counterfeit Money. — TheDe Lanceys. — The Livingstons. —The Lawyers of the City. HOME
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