xii Illustrations 



At the End of the English Period. [Insert:] Battle- 

 field of Pell's Point, Oct. 1 8, 1776 .... 82 



Facsimiles of New York Colonial Currency . . . 106 



Map Showing British Fortifications. Compiled from the 

 Headquarters Map and Showing Principal Streets of 

 the Present ........ 126 



The Phcenix and the Rose in the Engagement with the 

 Enemy's Fire-ships and Galleys, on August 16, 1776 130 



From an engraving of the painting by D. Serres, from a sketch 

 by Sir John Wallace. 



The Valentine House, Later the Varian Homestead, at 

 the Corner of Van Cortlandt Avenue and Woodlawn 

 Road 131 



Battle-ground of Pell's Point, Looking West toward the 

 First Position of the Americans. Glover's Rock Is 

 the Boulder near the Road . . . . 144 



The Battle-ground of Pell's Point, Looking East over the 

 Causeway and City Island Road . The View is Taken 

 from the Top of the Smaller Boulder . . . 145 



The Attack upon the Stockbridge Indians . . .162 

 From Simcoe's Military Journal. 



Farmers' Bridge 188 



Courtesy of the Department of Bridges, New York City. 



Old King's Bridge 189 



Courtesy of the Department of Bridges, New York City. 



The First Harlem Bridge, N. Y., i860 . . .196 



From Valentine's Manual. 



The Second Harlem, or Third Avenue Bridge. Made of 



Cast-iron, i860 196 



Courtesy of the Department of Bridges, New York City. 



