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Title: The children's city
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Singleton, Esther
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Publisher: New York, Sturgis & Walton company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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doors on Har-lem Heights, the American troops were informedthe next morning that the British were approach-ing by McGowans Pass (you remember we werethere ourselves in Central Park) to Harlem Plainsand they bravely met them at a rocky gorge andheld it until re-inforcements came. General Wash-ington, who was at the Morris house, rode to hisoutpost and gave orders to Colonel Knowlton totake his Connecticut Rangers with Major Leitchsthree Virginia companies to the rear of the enemy,while a pretended attack should be made in thefront. The battle was short but severe. TheBritish were triumphant, and so General Washing-ton thought it best to order a retreat. During theconflict both Colonel Knowlton and Major Leitchwere killed. Bravely fighting, they fell right herein Morningside Park — about Ninth Avenue andOne Hundred and Nineteenth Street. What became of the British after that? Jackinquired. * They strengthened McGowans Pass and placedstrong pickets — you know what pickets are — in
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MORNINGSIDE AND RIVERSIDE 235 front of their lines, and brought around vessels toguard them in the Harlem and Hudson rivers. What did Washington do? He stayed on Harlem Heights for three weeks,and then took his army into the Highlands of theHudson. Did they have any more battles? asked thebloodthirsty Jack. * Oh please dont tell us anything more aboutfighting, pleaded Nora, I dont like battles. Yes; there was the Battle of White Plains inOctober; but I am not going to tell you about thatnow; for we want to cross over to Riverside Park. Walking up Morningside Avenue, to One Hun-dred and Sixteenth Street, they soon found them-selves passing Columbia University. As the chil-dren wanted to know something about the historyof this institution. Doodle told them that Columbiawas originally a British school, known as KingsCollege until the Revolution, when, of course, itbecame American. Kings College w^as a riverside college just asColumbia now is, continued Doodle. The orig-inal building occu

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