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first second-story window on the porch side is the 

 bronze tablet marking the site of Fort Number One 332 

 Courtesy of William C. Muschenheim, Esq. 



Statue of Henry Hudson by Karl Bitter . . . 333 



A View of the King's Bridge - Spuyten Duyvil Neck in 

 the Background ....... 336 



The Godwin, formerly the Macomb House, Kingsbridge 336 



The Montgomery House on Fort Independence Street. 

 Home of Captain Richard Montgomery, later, Major- 

 General in the Continental Army. — Kingsbridge . 340 



The Former Residence of the Late William Ogden Giles. 

 The Terraces Are the Ramparts of Fort Independence, 

 Kingsbridge ........ 340 



Webb's Shipbuilding Academy and Home, Fordham 

 Heights 344 



The Burial Ground of the Old Dutch Church, formerly 

 at Sedgwick Avenue and Fordham Road . . . 344 



The Library and Hall of Fame, New York University . 346 



Boulder Marking the Site of Fort Number Eight on 

 the Property of the New York University, Fordham 

 Heights 346 



The Archer House, or De Lancey Headquarters, which 

 formerly Stood near the Junction of Sedgwick and 

 Burn side Avenues ....... 347 



Fordham University ....... 347 



Gouverneur Morris before the Constitutional Conven- 

 tion at Philadelphia, 1787 360 



After the painting by E. W. Deming, in the Morris High School. 

 Courtesy of Mr. C. B. J. Snyder. 



