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George
Washington Returning to New York City on
Evacuation Day
New York
Colony - Fear of
Negro Insurrections - New York
Riots of 1765 - The Fields of New
York - The Eve of
Revolution in New York - Capture
of New York - Great New York
Fire of 1776 -
Evacuation of New York in 1783
New York in the Civil War -
The New York Draft Riots (1862)
 Evacuation
of the City of New York. - In 1783
Washington, Governor
Clinton, and Sir Guy Carleton held a conference at Dobbs Ferry, and
made arrangements for the British troops to evacuate the city on
November 25. On that morning the American troops under
General Knox,
who had come down from \Vest Point and encamped at Harlem, marched
to the "Bowery Lane," and halted at the present junction of Third
Avenue and the Bowery. There they remained until about 1 P.M., the
British claiming the right of possession until meridian. At that
hour the British had embarked at Whitehall, and before 3 PM. General
Knox took formal possession of the city and of Fort George, amid the
acclamations of thousands of citizens and of the roar of artillery
at the Battery. Washington repaired to his quarters at Fraunce's
Tavern, and there, during the afternoon, Governor Clinton gave a
public dinner to the officers of the army. In the evening the town
was brilliantly illuminated, rockets shot up from many private
dwellings, and bonfires blazed at every corner. The British, on
leaving, had nailed their flag to the staff in Fort George, and
slushed the pole; but John Van Arsdale, a young sailor, soon took it
down, and put the
stars and stripes in its place. At sunset on that clear, frosty
day the last vessel of the retiring British transports disappeared
beyond the Narrows.
Last of the British Troops Leaving
New York
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