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Show OLD klubh Ml rii ) i When the British Were in Control of the Hudson i i New York, Dc 5. A yellow parchment parch-ment of Revolutionary dale, found among old family papers by two New-York New-York college men some time ago, has Just led to a notable "find" of Revolutionary Revo-lutionary relics. The parchment told of the burial of some old British trinkets trin-kets and firearms in a trench beneath the brow of a hill on the banks of the Hudson, at a point about a dozen miles obove the Battery v The two young nun, after various difficulties, located the spot obtained permission of the owner and began a series of excavations. Their efforts' have Jst resulted in bringing to ll?ht two wa-gonloads wa-gonloads of about the most interesting relics found here In recent years. The articles include silver buckles worn by British officers, musket flints, silver sil-ver regiminal buttons, pipes, pottery, pot-tery, ennnon balls and an old cannon. An examination of an old map shows that this spot Is marked as the elte of the barracks of tho British headquarters head-quarters when the English soldiers held Fort Washington. Buttons were found from all but one of the British regiments that occupied Manhattan Island. |