Chapter 40: 399-409
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...Mason leaves the Forks of Brandywine...
February 11, 1765.
arriving in New-York by way of the Staten Island Ferry...
February 16, 1765.
Trinity Church...where he will attend services on Sunday...
on Sunday, February 17, 1765
But then there is Monday Night.
Monday, February 17, 1765
Presently he has fallen in...
The journals indicate that this is February 19, 1765, since the next day is marked as "In Long Island."
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The Telescope stands...
map of Brooklyn from 1766
I would guess that they are a little north the "Brookland Ferry" on this map. But, would that be enough elevations that the telescope is pointing "down?"
This drawing from the 1770s shows a veiw from Brooklyn. Might even be the inspiration for the location.
Page 406
"We are in correspondence." In 1765, after the Stamp Act, people in the New York area fromed the Sons of Liberty, these gentlemen are probably them. More on the Committees of Correspondence.
Page 409
Wednesday Morning
Well, February 20th was a Wednesday. However, the Journals show Mason traveling from Long Island back to Staten Island and then the Jerseys on the 21st.
