Washington's headquarters, New York A sketch of the history of the Morris Mansion (or Jumel Mansion) in the city of New York . d been so meritorious, was not likely to beleft long without engagement in public affairs, and was soon appointed a member of the KingsCouncil and took a prominent part in the affairs of theColony. In the troublous period, therefore, which soon succeed-ed, when friends and even families were hopelessly di-vided on the principles involved in the Revolution,Morris views placed him on the side of that authorityto which his birth, his military associations and h
Washington's headquarters, New York A sketch of the history of the Morris Mansion (or Jumel Mansion) in the city of New York . d been so meritorious, was not likely to beleft long without engagement in public affairs, and was soon appointed a member of the KingsCouncil and took a prominent part in the affairs of theColony. In the troublous period, therefore, which soon succeed-ed, when friends and even families were hopelessly di-vided on the principles involved in the Revolution,Morris views placed him on the side of that authorityto which his birth, his military associations and his pub-lic office directed him. His official position marked him out for active interestin public matters, and the rapid drift of affairs into awar-like state, which soon forced those possessed ofmilitary knowledge to take an active part, caused his re-entry into the British military service. He removed hisfamily to a place of security, and his handsome home wasleft in the care of servants, at the time when the Britishand American forces were concentrating in New Yorkfor the struggle over its possession and defence. % i6. III. WASHINGTONS HEADQUARTERS, 1776. Early in the momentous year 1776, the Americanofficers engaged in the work of surveying and locatingavailable positions of defence, were at the Morris house,the commanding position of which, seen from the val-ley below, attracted the attention of Generals Greene,Heath, Putnam and Knox, and on their visits the de-fenses of the heights were outlined, which afterwardsextended in the neighborhood of the mansion. Inspec-tions of the locality were afterwards made by Washing-ton, and there can be no doubt that it was his observa-tions on these occasions which caused him, on the retire-ment of the army from New York, and its failure toarrest the advance of the British and Hessian forcesfrom Kips Bay, to select his old comrades house as hisheadquarters, into the occupation of which he enter-ed on September 15, 1776. During the succe
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