Memorial of the Centennial Celebration of the Battle of Paulus Hook, August 19th, 1879; With a History of the Early Settlement and Present Condition O (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX. i. General Pattison to Lietjt.-col. Van Buskiek. New York July 22d 1779 Having found it necessary to prevent Persons of Suspicious Characters from passing and repassing to and from this City; I have Issued a Proclamation for regulating Boats, small Craft, and Country People passing therein. I have directed the Police to furnish you with Blank Recommendations for such People as you may think may be trusted with Boats to attend this Market from Bergen Shore below Paulis Hook, also blank Permissions for Buch Persons as you may think proper to allow to pass with Country produce to the City. New York Historical Society's Collections, 1875.] II. General Washington to Major Lee. Head Quarters West Point 10 August 1779 I have received your letter of yesterday with its enclosures. The plan you propose for the attack of Paulus Hook, and for making good the retreat of the party, is well concerted, and such as would be most likely to succeed, if the enterprise were to be carried into execution. But upon the whole, in the present position of the enemy's army, I should deem the attempt too hazardous, and not warranted by the magnitude of the object. We should lose more in case of failure, than we could gain in case of success; and a single deserter, or disaffected inhabitant, may disclose the design and involve the party in ruin. The idea I had of the matter was, that it might not require more than three hundred men. It becomes the less eligible from the greater number you think requisite, which is too great to expose to any material danger. These considerations induce me to suspend the attempt till a more favorable opportunity, unless it can be made in a manner less hazardous. The manner I have in view is by water, by way of Newark Bay....