- Collection
- Kirk Family Papers
- Title
- Kirk Family Papers
- Object ID
- MG0279
- Date Range
- 1835-1891
British evacuation of New York in 1783. Among the features of the newspaper
account 1) a 1783 map of the Battery, 2) 30,000 Loyalists disembarked leaving a
shambles of living conditions, 3) Sir Guy Carleton, Colonel Trumball, General
Washington, and Governor Clinton present for send off, 4) regal and