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Photographer: Bill Coughlin
Taken: October 19, 2008
Caption: Morris-Jumel Mansion
Additional Description: The Continental Army took possession of this mansion in the fall of 1776. General Washington made it his headquarters during the Battle of Harlem Heights. After Washington's retreat from New York, the mansion was used by the British and Hessian troops.
Submitted: October 19, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
Database Locator Identification Number: p39987
File Size: 0.963 Megabytes

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