Catalogue of Manuscripts and Relics
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Excerpt from Catalogue of Manuscripts and Relics: In Washington´s Head-Quarters, Newburgh, N. Y; With Historical Sketch The building now so generally known as Washington´s Headquarters at Newburgh, is situated in the south-east part of the city. It is constructed of rough stone, with walls two feet thick; is one story high, with a shed-roof rising in the centre some thirty feet, and is fifty-six feet front by forty-six feet in depth. It has six rooms and kitchen on the first floor, and five in the attic, some of the latter being of more modern construction than the original building. The roof is sustained by long timbers of red cedar rough hewn, which still give out the peculiar aroma of the wood. The ceilings of the lower floor are low with heavy hewn timbers supporting the floor above. The building is located on what was originally Lot No. 2, of the German Patent, the title of which was vested in Michael Weigand, one of the colony of immigrants from the Palatinate of the Rhine in 1709, who sold to Burger Meynders, who conveyed the portion on which the house stands (including the eastern half of the farm) to Jonathan Hasbrouck in 1747. The north-east corner of the building, more particularly shown by the walls and the timbers in the attic, is the oldest portion, and was erected by Hasbrouck in 1750; the south-east corner was added by him in 1760, and the west half in 1770, and the whole embraced under one roof. Jonathan Hasbrouck, from whom the building retained for many years the name of "The Hasbrouck House," was the grandson of Abraham Hasbrouck, one of the Huguenot founders of New Paltz (1677). He was a man of marked character; of fine physique, being six feet and four inches in height. As colonel of the militia of the district, he was in frequent service in guarding the passes of the Hudson Highlands. His occupation was that of a farmer, a miller, and a merchant. He died in 1780. The first meeting for the Precinct of Newburgh was held here on the first Tuesday in April, 1763, when its owner was elected Supervisor, and Precinct meetings continued to be held here for several years. During the early part of the Revolution, the Committee of Safety of the Precinct assembled here. Military companies were organized, and the regiment which Col. Hasbrouck commanded assembled here to move to the defence of the Highland forts. The conventional north-east view perhaps conveys more strikingly the outlines of the building, but the west or south-west view presents a better idea of it as it appeared at the time of its occupation by Washington, the west being the true front of the building on Liberty street, then "the King´s highway" or old public road. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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