John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, By his Execellency the Right Honourable John Earl of Dunmore, his Majesty's Lieutenant and Governour-General of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, and Vice-admiral of the same. For the fire of 1835, see, A contemporaneous artist's interpretation of the fire, published in 1776, The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498–1909, New York City Fire Department Bureau of EMS, New York City Fire Department Ladder Company 3, New York City Fire Department Rescue Company 1, New York City Fire Department Squad Company 1, Emergency workers killed in the September 11 attacks, Rescue and recovery effort after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, Washington Calls Off Invasion of New York. David R. Hoth. The Battle of White Plains was a battle in the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought on October 28, 1776, near White Plains, New York. All Rights Reserved. Great Britain, A collection of all the statutes now in force: relating to the revenue and officers of the customs in Great Britain and the plantations (London: C. Eyre and W. Strahan, 1780), 1459. In New York, this process was disrupted several times by British military action. The British seizure of the City led to an extended occupation and was the opening move in the British southern strategy to regain control of the rebellious Southern provinces by appealing to the relatively strong Loyalist sentiment there. British leaders accused revolutionaries acting within the city and state, and many residents assumed that one side or the other had started it. The military career of George Washington spanned over forty years of service. From the beginning of the occupation in late August 1776, the British imposed martial law on the city. "Occupation of New York City by the British, 1776 (concluded)" is an article from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 1. Attisé par le temps sec et les forts vents, les flammes se propagèrent vers le nord et l’ouest, progressant rapidement parmi la masse compacte des logis et des commerces. on March 19, 2013, There are no reviews yet. Trinity Church figure au nombre des bâtiments détruits par le sinistre tandis que la chapelle Saint-Paul survécut[18]. Major General James Robertson confiscated surviving uninhabited homes of known Patriots and assigned them to British officers. New York Governor George Clinton wrote to Washington in 1778 that a Loyalist referred to as Mr. Smith attempted to travel with slaves: “Before Mr. Smith left the Country, he applied to me concerning his Male Servants, which the Commissioners did not conceive themselves authorized to permit him to take with him as they might be imployed to fight against their Country. Coordinates: 40°42′11″N74°00′47″W / 40.70306°N 74.01306°W / 40.70306; -74.01306 (Great Fire of New York), This article is about the 1776 fire during the American Revolution. Le nombre exact de constructions détruites n’est pas connu ; les estimations varient de 400 à 1 000, c’est-à-dire de 10 à 25 % des 4 000 bâtiments que comptait alors la ville de New York[16],[19]. “To George Washington from George Clinton, 7 September 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified June 29, 2017, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-16-02-0575. One diarist wrote that, "the flames were communicated to several houses" by the debris "carried by the wind to some distance." In November 1777, Livingston wrote to Washington, “This Evil instead of being checked has grown to so enormous a height that the Enemy as I am informed is plentifully supplied with fresh Provisions, & such a Quantity of British Manufactures brought back in Exchange as to enable the Persons concerned to set up Shops to retail them.”3 New Jersey passed a law in 1778 entitled “An Act to Prevent the Subjects of this State from going into, or coming out of, the Enemy’s lines without permissions or Passports, and for other Purposes therein mentioned.” It was amended throughout the war.4 Likewise, on the British side, General Howe strictly enforced Parliament’s Prohibitory Act, a measure passed in 1775 prohibiting commerce with the American colonies.5 In November 1776, Howe made a proclamation “permitting goods to leave town provided that a permit were procured from the Superintendent of Exports and Imports.”6. The American Revolutionary War, also known as the American War of Independence, was initiated by the thirteen original colonies in Congress against the Kingdom of Great Britain over their objection to Parliament's direct taxation and its lack of colonial representation. The history of New York City (1665–1783) began with the establishment of English rule over Dutch New Amsterdam and New Netherland.