A landmark history of New York; also the origin of street names and a bibliography . The Grange, as it appcaivd in Hamiltons time. From an old print. yonder, near One Hundred and Forty-third Street,are the famous thirteen trees, representing the thir-teen original States. For a time relic hunters threat-ened their destruction, but now, as you see, they arefenced in. Recently they became the property of aprivate citizen, who may some day place a bust ofHamilton within the inclosure, and thus add to theinterest of this historic spot. We lingered here for some time, the boys ex-pressing a strong
A landmark history of New York; also the origin of street names and a bibliography . The Grange, as it appcaivd in Hamiltons time. From an old print. yonder, near One Hundred and Forty-third Street,are the famous thirteen trees, representing the thir-teen original States. For a time relic hunters threat-ened their destruction, but now, as you see, they arefenced in. Recently they became the property of aprivate citizen, who may some day place a bust ofHamilton within the inclosure, and thus add to theinterest of this historic spot. We lingered here for some time, the boys ex-pressing a strong desire to settle down in the neigh-borhood, but at length the professor led us away,our next stopping place being the police station at. The thirteen trees planted by Alexander Hamilton at One Forty-third Street, east of Amsterdam Avenue. Fromrecent 128 A LANDMARK HISTORY OF NEW YORK One Hundred and Fifty-second Street and Amster-dam Avenue, where, leaning up against the buildingin a neglectful sort of way, is an old stone bearingthe date 17G9, and the inscription !Nine miles toN^ew York. Going west, w^e presently reached Trinity Ceme-tery, which extends from One Hundred and Fifty-third to One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Street, andfrom Amsterdam Avenue to the North River. Be-fore entering, Ave paused before a bronze tablet im-bedded in the wall on One Hundred and Fifty-thirdStreet, which contains this legend: IN HONOR OF COLONEL THOMAS KNOWLTON AND MAJOR ANDREW LEYTCH* OF THE AMERICAN ARMY KILLED SEPT. 16, 1776, AT THE BATTLE OF HARLEM. ERECTED BY THE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION. Why was this tablet placed away up here?asked George. Because, at one time it was thought the battlewas fought in this neigh
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