. A history of real estate, building and architecture in New York City during the last quarter of a century . hoemak- 1;.-,. Rose Hill farm. liil. Estate of John Watts. (17. Estate of Admiral Sir Peter Warren,called Greenwich; the Indian name ofthe point of land here was Sapokani- (17 D. Estate of George Clinton and John 7:1. Estate of Bishop Clarke estate. 7(3. Known as the Horn estate, originallypatented by Sir Edmund Andros toSolomon Peters, a free negro, whosewidow and heirs conveyed it to JohnHorn: held by Horns descendants tillrecently. S(). Kips Bay farm. S7. -Murray Hill esta
. A history of real estate, building and architecture in New York City during the last quarter of a century . hoemak- 1;.-,. Rose Hill farm. liil. Estate of John Watts. (17. Estate of Admiral Sir Peter Warren,called Greenwich; the Indian name ofthe point of land here was Sapokani- (17 D. Estate of George Clinton and John 7:1. Estate of Bishop Clarke estate. 7(3. Known as the Horn estate, originallypatented by Sir Edmund Andros toSolomon Peters, a free negro, whosewidow and heirs conveyed it to JohnHorn: held by Horns descendants tillrecently. S(). Kips Bay farm. S7. -Murray Hill estate. 8!), John Slidell. formerly President of the Mechanics ;2. Estate of James A. Estate of Citizen Genet, the French Ambassador in 17114. who married Governor Clintons ). Estate of Richard Glass House farm, formerly belonging to Sir Peter Warren. 110, 11(1. Incleberg, where, 177(1, General Howe and staff were entertained dur-ing the retreat of the American troopsfrom New York. 111. The Grange, country seat of John Mur- 122. Turtle Bay, or Deutel Bay, By Permission From the New York History Co. A HISTORY OP REAL ESTATE, /I/.—FROM THE DEC LARA TJON OF INDEPENDENCETO THE OPENING OF THE ERIE CANAL. The Britisli, driven from Boston and alarmed by the general up-rising throughout the colonies, determined to concentrate theirforces at New York. Having control of the sea, they hoped, byobtaining possession of the Hudson Valley, to prevent co-operationbetween the northern and southern colonies. The plan was bril-liantly conceived, but was utterly defeated by the surrender of Bur-goyne at Saratoga. This event proved the turning point in the war,although with the assistance of a large fleet the British were enabledto hold New York from September 15, 1776, to November 25, 1783. During this period of occupation the population of the city de-creased from 25,000 to probably half that number. Its commerce,comprising about one-tenth of t
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