In Sept., 1776, Capt. Nathan Hale volunteered to enter the enemy's lines to gather information on the British army, disguised. He was discovered and hanged Sept. 21, 1776, regretting that he had but

Marinus Willet and other citizens seized the arms of the retreating English, which were used by some of the American troops.

Major Andre of the British army, with whom Benedict Arnold conducted his secret negotiations for the betrayal of West Point, was captured in 1780, and was hanged in Tappan.

Debarkment of French Relief Troops. Rhode Island July 11, 1780.

Lafayette, as Commander-in-Chief of the National Guards of France, 1789.

Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roche Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Layafette

Ms. De La Fayette

La Fayette

La Fayette

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Perry's Victory. "We have met the enemy and they are ours."

La Fayette.

"New Amsterdam becomes New York" - The English captured New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664 and re-named it New York in honor of the Duke of York.

John Peter Zenger edited the "Weekly Journal" in which he freely criticized the arbitrary acts of the royal government. He was tried for libel and acquitted. This verdict established the principle of

Float - Reception of Lafayette.

Washington was inaugurated on April 30, 1789, in Federal Hall. The oath of office was administered to him by Chancellor Livingston from the balcony facing Broad Street.

In 1639 Jonas Bronck, after whom the Borough of the Bronx was named, purchased land in that Borough from the Indians. In 1642, after many hostilities, a treaty with the Indians was signed in his house

On Dec. 4, 1783, Washington, in Fraunce's Tavern, at the corner of Pearl and Broad Streets, formally bade farewell to his officers before proceeding to Annapolis to resign his commission.

The first vessel was the ship "Restless" built on the Island of Manhattan by Adrian Block in 1614 to replace the ship "Tiger," which was destroyed by fire.

In 1689 Governor Nicholson fled from New York, and Jacob Leisler assumed the reigns of government. In 1691 Leisler was hanged as a traitor, but later the stigma was officially removed.