A tour around New York, and My summer acre; being the recreations of MrFelix Oldboy . TURTLE BAY MY SUMMER ACRE 397. OLD STOREHOUSE AT TURTLE KAY work, and even the city newspapers suspended pub-lication in order to give a helping hand. The menwho handled pick and spade were journeymen print-ers, college students, sons of Erin, members of AsburyAfrican Church, pi-lots, masons, andmany heads of man-ufacturing establish-ments. School-teach-ers and their pupilswent out together togive their aid, andurchins who were toosmall to lift a spade carried earth on shingles to add their mite to the breast
A tour around New York, and My summer acre; being the recreations of MrFelix Oldboy . TURTLE BAY MY SUMMER ACRE 397. OLD STOREHOUSE AT TURTLE KAY work, and even the city newspapers suspended pub-lication in order to give a helping hand. The menwho handled pick and spade were journeymen print-ers, college students, sons of Erin, members of AsburyAfrican Church, pi-lots, masons, andmany heads of man-ufacturing establish-ments. School-teach-ers and their pupilswent out together togive their aid, andurchins who were toosmall to lift a spade carried earth on shingles to add their mite to the breast-works. Such was the magnificent display that NewYork made of its heart of fire; and when the workswere completed, every lad who could carry a musketon his tender shoulders offered himself to be enlisted for the war. To guard against inva-sion by way of Long IslandSound, the fortificationsbuilt upon the East Riverduring the Revolution werestrengthened, and new oneswere erected. Hell Gate andthe channels of the EastRiver were occupied by bat-teries, some of which wereprotected by towers. OnHalletts Point quite a
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