1778
March
New York ’s Secretary of State
and various county clerks are advised to pack up all government records, in
case it becomes necessary to evacuate them.
Mar 7
The Richmond County (Staten
Island) town of Northfield is formed; it includes several small islands in
Newark Bay and Staten Island Sound.
May
Ethan Allen is exchanged for Colonel
Campbell, a
British prisoner in New York City.
Jun 18
Sir Henry Clinton’s forces
evacuate Philadelphia, begin marching to New York.
Jul 5
Clinton’s forces embark in barges
from New Jersey’s Sandy Hook, headed for New York City.
Aug 31
British commander John Graves
Simcoe and his Queens Rangers defeat 17 Mohican Indians fighting on the Patriots’
side along with their chief Abraham Nimham, at Woodlawn in the Bronx. The
Indians are massacred. The Devoe family, owners of the site of the fighting,
bury the Indians in the future Van Cortlandt Park area to be known as Indian
Field.
City
Trinity Church, destroyed by fire
in 1776, is rebuilt.
** The
New-York Insurance Office opens at the Coffee-House to underwrite maritime
insurance.
1779
Jul 15
Professor of literature Clement
Clarke Moore is born on New York City’s Moore family estate - Chelsea - to
Benjamin and Charity Clarke Moore.
Oct 15
Sullivan and Clinton’s forces
arrive back at Easton, Pennsylvania.
Oct 22
Congress passes ”An Act for the
forfeiture and sale of the estates of those who have adhered to the enemies of
this state.” City properties will
be included.
Oct 23
British captain John André is
promoted to major, to serve as deputy adjutant general under Henry Clinton, in
New York City.
City
Dissatisfied customers in the
balcony at the Theatre Royal on John Street throw apples at the
performers. ** The Watts’ family main
house - on today’s East 29th Street - on their Rose Hill farm is destroyed by
fire.
Bronx
Benjamin Palmer and his family,
owners of City Island (the former Great Minneford’s Island) are captured by the
British and forced to leave the island.
© 2012 David Minor / Eagles Byte
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