| Show Requests Purchase of 01 Historic Billop House HouseA A proposal that the city of New York purchase historic Old Billop House nt at N Y which housed the Ule first peace conference after r the War of the Revolution He was Included In a peti petition lion tion sent to Mayor recently by bythe bythe bythe the American Legion post of ot Staten IslAnd The Th house ns erected In 1004 Benjamin Franklin and John Adams Allums wet met Lord Bowe representing the lLo Ish Ish there to decide peace terms The rile Th Legion would convert the ten acre acres surrounding Billop house Into a public park purk Interesting oppositIon to the acquisition tion of ot the property has been raised on the grounds Unit that Christopher orIginal owner was a Tor Tory el actively and brutally engaged In the th War of ot th lb the thi II i i Revolution devolution II |
