. The stone house of Gowanus, scene of the battle of Long Island. st, the angle-lines ofmasonry bordering fancifully both facadesindicate that these rows of apparently decora-tive angles are of different material from 87 THE STONE HOUSE AT GOWANUS that of the rest of the edifice; second, thefacade, front and rear, extends beyond—orover-rides—the roof, which would hardly bethe case were it not clearly a projection forornamental purposes. No sketch of the houseantedates the Revolutionary War, so the de-ductions drawn are solely those from the prem-ises set forth above, but which seem sufficientl
. The stone house of Gowanus, scene of the battle of Long Island. st, the angle-lines ofmasonry bordering fancifully both facadesindicate that these rows of apparently decora-tive angles are of different material from 87 THE STONE HOUSE AT GOWANUS that of the rest of the edifice; second, thefacade, front and rear, extends beyond—orover-rides—the roof, which would hardly bethe case were it not clearly a projection forornamental purposes. No sketch of the houseantedates the Revolutionary War, so the de-ductions drawn are solely those from the prem-ises set forth above, but which seem sufficientlystrong. This mansion equalled any in theDutch colonies of this period, if it did not sur-pass such, in elegance of architecture. Andin this connection it may be pointed out that thebest that could be had at the time would un-doubtedly have been secured by such an inno-vator and successful monopolist of privilegesas Nicholas Vechte proved himself to havebeen in the account of his special canal, andthe outwitting of his neighbors in the privateflood-gate. 88. COLOXIAI, AIOXEl- ISSUED HY XEW J ERSE\ , HOME OF EORIJSTIRLIXC, IN 177-), ABOLT THREE MOXTHS PRE\IOLS TOTHE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. THE TOBACCO LEAFIS EMBLEMATIC OF THE ONE-TIME USE OF THE ILAXT AS AMEDIUM OF EXCHANGE IN A?»IERICA. IT IS NOTICEABLETHAT THE PENALTY FOR COU XTERFEITIXG WAS DEATH.
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