. Retrographs: comprising a history of New York city prior to the revolution; biographies of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Nathan Hale; sketches of John André and Beverly Robinson; schemes of Aaron Burr and Benedict Arnold ... Embodying more than a hundred letters and signatures of famous persons, many of which have not previously been published: including a fac-simile of an original official map of the city of New York, made in 1728, representing all the streets, blocks, wards, keys and docks then existing. ntended to destroy the city, andmany of the people fied with their wives and
. Retrographs: comprising a history of New York city prior to the revolution; biographies of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Nathan Hale; sketches of John André and Beverly Robinson; schemes of Aaron Burr and Benedict Arnold ... Embodying more than a hundred letters and signatures of famous persons, many of which have not previously been published: including a fac-simile of an original official map of the city of New York, made in 1728, representing all the streets, blocks, wards, keys and docks then existing. ntended to destroy the city, andmany of the people fied with their wives and children, in apprehension fA ESSAGE FROM If^ S H I N G T O N . If, I of tlic impciulini^ catastrophe. The inircpiil Lilxrl) lioys iiicainvlu](_;coolly continued their task in i\w. face of the enemys hre ; ncjrdid theyquit the r>attery until the twenty-one pieces had Ijeen carricil a\\a\- insafety. The ne.\t day, Captain Vandeput, the Commander of the Asia, dispatched a letter to the Mayor, complaining of the murderof one of his men and demanding immediate satisfaction. A corre-spondence of mutual recrimination, resulting in nothing, ensued, and onthe 29th of August the Provisional Congress issued an order declaringthat as the Asia had seen fit to cannonade the city she must hence-forth cease to receive supplies from it and must obtain them instead bythe Avay of Governors Island. This was not the first nor last time thatan interchange of shots took place between the ship of war and thecitizens and THE OLD THEATRE IN JOHN STREET. About the 5th of September, Hale was prostrated with illness,caused by past exposures and one evening, when convalescent,attended the old John Street Theatre in citizens dress, accompaniedby several ladies. The title of the play was The American Volun-teer. While there, Colonel Knowlton, of Washingtons staff, observedhim, and informed him that the General (Washington) desired to con-fer with him at his earliest leisure. This was one of th
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