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Identifier: mcgownspassvicin03hall (find matches)
Title: McGown's pass and vicinity : a sketch of the most interesting scenic and historic section of Central Park in the city of New York
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Hall, Edward Hagaman, b. 1858
Subjects: Fort Clinton and Harlem Creek
Publisher: New York : Published under the auspices of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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fortified (17). In July,secret intelligence was received of an intended attack on theCity by the enemy (49), intelligence which seemed to beconfirmed by the appearance of a fleet off Sandy Hook. This stimulated a forcible report to the Common Council,July 14, by its special Committee of Defense, urging theconstruction of fortifications in Brooklyn and at Hell Gate(9), and on the same day, the corner-stone for Fort Stevensat Hallets Point was laid (17). The bombardment of Stonington, Conn., Aug. 10, 1814(^S), disclosed the presence of the British in the Sound withstartling certainty, and enforced the necessity for swiftpreparations to defend the City on the north. On Thursday morning, August 18th, the Common Coun-cil of the City, with 200 men employed by the Corporationat Bellevue who volunteered their services, commenced afort at McGowns Pass under a federal salute from Capt.Messerves troop of flying artillery. The work was namedFort Clinton (34) obviously in honor of Mayor DeWitt 32
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