The Great New York Fire of 1776]

Brooklyn College professor Benjamin Carp talked about the 1776 fire that burned down much of New York City shortly after the British took the city during the Revolutionary War. The Fraunces Tavern Museum and the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society hosted this program in New York City.

Great Fire of New York (1776) - Wikipedia

Représentation du feu terrible à Nouvelle Yorck, que les Américains ont allumé pendant la nuit du 19 Septembre 1776 et l'école des pauvres - Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center

This Day in History: The Great New York Fire of 1776

The Great Fire of New York City of 1776 burned about a third of the city. The British blamed George Washington's spies, but no written record exists of Washington ordering New York

Ford Evening Book Talk: The Great New York Fire of 1776 · George Washington's Mount Vernon

X 上的Discovering NYC：「Map of New-York, 1776. On the evening of September 21st, a fire broke out, quickly spreading across the city. 493 buildings were destroyed / X

Notes on the Great Fires of 1776 and 1778 — The Gotham Center for New York City History

The 1776 Burning of New York City

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