stance: When the British took possession of New
York in September, 1776, after the battle of Long
Island, General Howe occupied the Beekman house
on Fifty-first Street and First Avenue as his headquarters,
while the army extended across the island
to the north of him. The corps of Royal Artillery
occupied part of the high ground between Sixty-sixth
and Seventy-second Streets, where they
parked their guns and formed a camp.

Close to the camp were the old "five-mile stone"
on the way to Kingsbridge, and a tavern long
known as "The Sign of the Dove." The exact
location of this tavern is shown from a survey of
1783 as being west of the post road on Third
Avenue between Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh
streets. It belonged, with four acres of land
attached, to the City Corporation.

The extract already shown on page 82 is from
an Orderly Book (discovered by Mr. Kelby) kept by
an officer of the British Foot-Guards. Other
entries read as follows:

"October 6. The effects of the late Lieutenant
Lovell to be sold at the house near the Artillery
Park.

"October u. Majors of Brigade to attend at
the Artillery Park near the Dove at five this
afternoon."

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