. Relics of the revolution; the story of the discovery of the buried remains of military life in forts and camps on Manhattan Island . pose of exhibition. Jlie room has doubtless been repaired in modern times as theflooring appears to be more recent than that of the attic, where thechestntit phinking is more than a foot in width. Tn the south-east corner, a doorway once existed, which apparently connnuni-cated by a steep stairway or ladder, with the basement, the spaceenclosing which is offset in walls of the main hallway. Thisformed a short cut to the kitchen; so the room may have servedas a
. Relics of the revolution; the story of the discovery of the buried remains of military life in forts and camps on Manhattan Island . pose of exhibition. Jlie room has doubtless been repaired in modern times as theflooring appears to be more recent than that of the attic, where thechestntit phinking is more than a foot in width. Tn the south-east corner, a doorway once existed, which apparently connnuni-cated by a steep stairway or ladder, with the basement, the spaceenclosing which is offset in walls of the main hallway. Thisformed a short cut to the kitchen; so the room may have servedas a servants living room and would, therefore, have naturallyanswered for the purpose of having the military guard in attend-ance on the staff. 55 Relics of the Revolution The wall spaces on either side of the mantel have been utilizedto mount under glass part of the old French wall paper, whichwas probably the original decoration of the walls of the large par-lor, used as a Council Chamber at the rear of the house. Within the Guard room arc now arranged several cases pro-vided by the Department of Parks, in which are placed most of. Illr (Iliniil Kiinlll Wasliiiiutons III .,ii:nt. tlio military dbjccts wliich have been found around the Heights inthe searches to be later described. The collection consists exclusively of those objects of a mili-tary character with others found in the same places, which havebeen discovered on Washington Heights. The collection has beencarefully arranged as a locality exhibit, the various things foundin and near each militai-y site being grouped together. Somelepetition of objects of a similar character necessarily results, but 56 Waslnngloiis Headquarters and Camp of 38th Regiment this fact contributes evidence of their general use in military lifeat that period, and identifies other objects as of similar character. The niotliod which has been followed in the display has beento avraniic tlic large objects in the hiwer spaces of the cases, andthe smal
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