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  v. 
  

  

  removing 
  the 
  reefs 
  in 
  Hurl 
  Gate, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  stripped 
  

   trom 
  vessels 
  which 
  had 
  struck 
  against 
  them 
  at 
  different 
  

   times. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mons. 
  Maillefert, 
  engineer, 
  &c. 
  

  

  From 
  Peter 
  G. 
  Bradt, 
  of 
  Eethlehem, 
  Albany 
  co. 
  

   A 
  STONE 
  chisel. 
  Also, 
  two 
  regularly 
  rounded 
  pebbles. 
  

  

  From 
  W. 
  A. 
  Hotchkiss, 
  of 
  Albany. 
  

  

  An 
  IRON 
  KEY, 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  Ilalls 
  of 
  the 
  Montezumas, 
  Mexico^ 
  

   on 
  the 
  12th 
  day 
  of 
  June, 
  1848, 
  and 
  which 
  originally 
  be- 
  

   longed 
  to 
  the 
  Palace 
  Garden 
  gate. 
  

  

  From 
  Henry 
  B. 
  Todd, 
  of 
  Mott 
  Haven, 
  Westchester 
  co. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  A 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  shot 
  rack 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  frigate 
  Hussar, 
  with 
  four 
  

   cannon 
  balls. 
  Also 
  a 
  musket, 
  and 
  a 
  bayonet 
  and 
  scab- 
  

   bard. 
  

  

  "The 
  frigate 
  Hussar, 
  was 
  lost 
  December 
  15th, 
  1780, 
  off 
  Stoney 
  

   Island, 
  on 
  Westchester 
  county 
  shore, 
  having 
  struck 
  Pot 
  Rock, 
  

   in 
  Hurl 
  Gate. 
  She 
  was 
  loaded 
  with 
  troops, 
  ammunition, 
  and 
  

   supplies 
  for 
  the 
  British 
  army 
  in 
  this 
  country. 
  The 
  troops 
  and 
  

   crew 
  had 
  bartdy 
  time 
  to 
  reach 
  shore, 
  before 
  she 
  sunk, 
  with 
  seven- 
  

   ty 
  American 
  prisoners, 
  who 
  were 
  in 
  irons 
  and 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  res- 
  

   cued. 
  These 
  relics 
  were 
  obtained 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  Pratt 
  & 
  Howe, 
  in 
  

   the 
  month 
  of 
  August, 
  1851, 
  by 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  Taylor's 
  sub-marine 
  

   armour, 
  after 
  having 
  been 
  buried 
  over 
  seventy 
  years. 
  The 
  wreck 
  

   lies 
  in 
  water 
  seventy-six 
  feet 
  deep, 
  at 
  high 
  water." 
  

  

  From 
  Benjamin 
  Knower, 
  of 
  Onondaga 
  Hill, 
  Onondaga 
  co. 
  

   A 
  clay 
  DRINKING 
  CUP, 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  duck, 
  from 
  the 
  Sandwich 
  

   Islands. 
  Also, 
  a 
  head 
  dress, 
  made 
  of 
  sea 
  shells. 
  

  

  