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NYJ-P.779.012
7 Jun 1779:23 (1828)
Extract of a letter. "The subduction of the North-River is
the capital object of the Tory monarch and ministry of
Great-Britain---but to accomplish this, the reduction of our
garrison at West-Point, is absolutely necessary; accordingly
his Excellency the renowned Gen. Sir Henry Clinton, set out
lately from New-York, in company with a sufficient council
of English and Scotch nobility and gentry, with an army
composed of all the British, foreign, and American Tories he
could possible muster---A small redoubt of 3 guns, called La
Fayette, was constructed on the bank of the river at
Verplanck's Point, which being planned with a view to
chastise some pirates in the neighbourhood, as well as to
divert his Excellency on his passage to West-Point, should
he come that way; it has, to the joy of all good men,
answered both those valuable purposes; for King's- Ferry,
near it, has received many advantages by it---and the
admirable entertainment it has last week afforded his said
Excellency, his army and navy, was beyond description,
because the exhibition was as unexpected to him as it was
elegant---In short, the music was so grand as to invite the
whole country, who flocked from many miles distance, to the
dance---And by the time that a sufficent number arrived, to
honor his Excellency with the Grand Ball at West-Point, and
a country dance in the neighbourhood, he unfortunately got
so tired and sulky, and distressed with so much new company,
which he was sorry that he had invited, that it is supposed
he has, by the advice of his said council, resolved shortly,
to repair to his lodgings in New-York."
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