Staten Island's Conference House. A peace conference was held here in 1776 which attempted to end the revolutionary war.
The Conference House (also known as "Bentley Manor")[3] was built before 1680 and is located near the southernmost tip of New York State on Staten Island, which became known as "Billop's Point" in the eighteenth century. The Staten Island Peace Conference was held here on September 11, 1776, which unsuccessfully attempted to end the American Revolutionary War. The house, a National and New York City Landmark, is the only pre-Revolutionary manor house still surviving in New York City. It is located at Conference House Park overlooking Raritan Bay. On September 11, 1776, Lord Howe, commander in chief of British forces in America, brokered a meeting with representitives of the Continental Congress in a a peace conference aimed at halting the American Revolution. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Edward Rutledge rowed over from patriot held Perth Amboy, New Jersey. The meeting lasted for three hours and ended with the Americans politely declining Howe's offer, leading to another seven years of conflict.
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