176 The Story of The Bronx 



troops ready to depart. The day was finally set for the 

 twenty-fifth of November. 



In view of the departure of the British troops, Governor 

 George Clinton, on November fifteenth, issued a proclamation 

 calling the civil officers of the State government to meet him in 

 council at Eastchester, and steps were taken by both sides to 

 prevent any disorderly demonstrations upon the occasion of 

 the reoccupation of the city by the Americans. 



A few days before the twenty-fifth, the remaining American 

 troops, little more then a grand guard of honor to General 

 Washington and Governor Clinton, under command of General 

 Knox, began th«r march from Dobbs Ferry over the Albany 

 Road to Kingsbridge, crossing on the twenty-fourth and reoc- 

 cupying the upper portion of Manhattan. On the following 

 morning, the march was continued over the connecting roads 

 and down the Bowery Lane; and, as the Americans entered 

 the upper end of the city, the British departed from the Bat- 

 tery, after seven years and two months of possession. 



