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THE HIST OR Y OF NE W Y ORK CIT Y  25

Firefighters
Fires had long threatened the
city, but during the war a series
of fires nearly destroyed it. In
the wake of the Patriot retreat,
on September 21, 1776, a
devastating fire
razed the Trinity
Church and
1,000 houses.
Leather fire bucket

Flags of the Revolution
Washington’s army flew the Continental colors,
with a stripe for each of the 13 colonies and a
Union Jack in the corner. The Stars and Stripes
became the official flag in 1777.
First Stars and Stripes

General Washington Returns
Washington received a hero’s welcome when he Continental colors
re-entered New York on November 25, 1783,
after the British withdrawal.
Where to See the
Statue of Cheering
George III Revolutionary City
patriots
In 1776, George Washington
used the Morris-Jumel Mansion
in Upper Manhattan as a
headquarters (see p245). He also
slept at the Van Cortlandt House
(see pp22–3). After the war he bade
farewell to his officers at the
Fraunces Tavern (see p80).

Morris-Jumel Mansion

1789 George 1790 US capital is 1801 New York Post founded
1783 Treaty of Paris Washington moved to Philadelphia by Alexander Hamilton
grants US independence; inaugurated as first 1793 Tontine Coffee House,
the British evacuate president at first home of the Stock
New York Federal Hall Exchange, built
1780 1790 1800
1794 Bellevue
1785 New Hospital opens
York named on the East River 1804 Vice President
US capital Aaron Burr kills
1791 New York Hospital, political rival
1784 Bank of New the city’s oldest, opens Alexander Hamilton
York chartered Washington’s inauguration in a duel

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