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Daily News from New York, New York • 15

Publication:
Daily Newsi
Location:
New York, New York
Issue Date:
Page:
15
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sundAy" hews; -JuiiE" 12, -1921. Netc Relics of Revolutionary Period Add Interest to Historic Jumel Mansion IN "fit- i 1 ,0 -if 1 sfe 1' V. ,5 -5 jf. 'f 1 I. I I jt4 "3 II- Til In this Colonial mansion on West 160th street Washington, and the hated Redcoat general, Clinton, once made theij Lafayette and Napoleon were visitors hern.

4 4 'V i lr IH -a. 1 -tX2tt -X. 1 About this table once sat the war council of General Wash ington and planned the campaign that harassed the British soldiers. The furniture is remarkably preserved. This cannon was the Revolutionary equivalent of the 75's in our recent war.

It is an old muzzle loader of the type "manned by Molly Stark and was captured at Yorktown in 1781. 4'; wA.t, HWfH 4, it wf5 If l-r'" This saddlebag once carried mail from Mount Vernon to Alexandria, Va. (news photo.) Clock once mounted in carriage of Napoleon. This was a first aid cabinet of the Revolution and the shoe buckle was once worn by Washington. where the Washington Headquarters Association maintains a wonderful exhibition of mementos of the early days of our country.

FEW NEW YORKERS appreciate the history' lessons of Revolutionary days and the Colonial period available to them in the Jumel Mansion, I 0.

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