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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8NF_trinity-church_New-York-NY.html
Designed by Richard Upjohn and completed in 1846, this Gothic Revival building is the third Trinity Church on this site. The first, erected in 1693 under the royal charter of King William III, was destroyed in the great fire of 1776. The second wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8MZ_this-ancient-cannon_New-York-NY.html
This Ancient Cannonwas exhumed in 1892 on the site ofno. 55 Broadway on the corner of Exchange Alleyor the highway leading to thefortification called oyster pasty 1695-1783Presented to the City of New York byWilliam Henry Mairs——&mdash…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8MX_ohio-company-of-associates_New-York-NY.html
On this site the United States in Congress Assembled on the 13th day of July in the year of Our Lord 1787 and of their sovereignty and independence the twelfth enacted an ordinance for the government of the territory northwest of the river Ohio, b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8MS_marinus-willett_New-York-NY.html
Born, July, 1740. Marinus Willett. Died, Aug. 1830.Officer of New York Militia 1775-78.Sheriff of New York, 1784-92.Mayor of New York 1807-08.President of Electoral College, 1824.To commemorate the gallant and patriotic act of Marinus Willett in h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8MM_fraunces-tavern_New-York-NY.html
After the American Revolutionary War, on December 4, 1783, General George Washington bade an emotional farewell to his officers at a banquet held in the Long Room, located on the second floor of this tavern. Samuel Fraunces, a West Indian innkeepe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8MJ_sankofa_New-York-NY.html
[On the marker is the Adinkra symbol "Sankofa," a symbol for the importance of learning from the past]
For all those who were lost,? ? ? ? For all those who were stolen,For all those who were left behind,? ? ? ? For all those who were not forgo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8BK_highest-point-on-manhattan_New-York-NY.html
The HighestNatural Pointon Manhattan265.05 feetabove sea levelUSC & GS datum
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM871_battle-of-harlem-heights_New-York-NY.html
In grateful remembrance ofthe brave soldiersof New York, New Jersey,Connecticut, Massachusetts,Rhode Island, Pennsylvania,Maryland and Virginiawho underGeneral George Washingtonfought and died on this sitefor libertyin their country's struggleagai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM86Z_morris-jumel-mansion_New-York-NY.html
This Georgian country seat was built by Colonel Roger Morris in 1765. Colonel Morris, a Loyalist, left the house when he returned to England at the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. From September 14 through October 18, 1776, the house w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM86U_robert-magaw-defended-this-position_New-York-NY.html
To the memory ofa brave and unselfish patriotRobert MagawColonel Commandant ofFort Washingtonwho in his own words"Actuated by the most glorious causethat mankind ever fought in"and specially charged with the dutyby General Washingtondefended this …