part of this period with him. -Magazine of American History. HOUSES VISITED BY WASHINGTON DURING THE REVOLUTION. The Shaw House, New London [1776].-Washington stopped at New London on his way from Cambridge to New York, and held an interview with Commodore Hopkins. He slept the night of April 9 at the house of Nathaniel Shaw. Col. Morehouse's Tavern, Pawling, now Dover, Dutchess County, N. Y. [1778].-On the highway from Fishkill to Hartford-a celebrated stopping place for the officers. Van Cortlandt House, near Yonkers, N. Y. [1781].-Here Washington dined in July 1781, on the occasion of a reconnoissance towards New York. Rocky Hill, Somerset County, N. J. [1783].-Washington wrote his Farewell Address here. Van Brugh Livingston House, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. [1783].— Place of conference of Washington and Gov. Clinton with Sir Guy Carleton. Day's Tavern, Harlem, New York [1783].-Opposite the Point of rocks at the junction of the Harlem and Kingsbridge roads. Washington stopped here on his entrance to the city in November of this year. Fraunces' Tavern, New York [1783].-Corner of Pearl and Broad streets. Place of Farewell to his Officers.-Magazine of American History. THE END. |