1/8: The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution by Benjamin L. Carp (Author)
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1/8: The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution by Benjamin L. Carp (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Great-New-York-Fire-1776/dp/0300246951
New York City, the strategic center of the Revolutionary War, was the most important place in North America in 1776. That summer, an unruly rebel army under George Washington repeatedly threatened to burn the city rather than let the British take it. Shortly after the Crown’s forces took New York City, much of it mysteriously burned to the ground.
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| 0:00.0 | This is CBS Eye on the World. |
| 0:08.0 | Here's John Batchler. |
| 0:10.0 | New York City, 1776. |
| 0:13.0 | It is springtime. |
| 0:15.0 | A rival of a man who was not successful in Boston and is looking to be more successful |
| 0:21.0 | in New York. |
| 0:22.0 | His name, George Washington. |
| 0:24.0 | This event introduces the drama that is in a new book, The Great New York City. |
| 0:29.0 | The Great New York Fire of 1776. |
| 0:33.0 | A lost story of the American Revolution by Professor Benjamin L. Carp, |
| 0:39.0 | Professor of History at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center. |
| 0:43.0 | Professor a very good evening to you. |
| 0:45.0 | Congratulations. |
| 0:46.0 | As George Washington arrives, he had sent one of his trusted generals, General Lee, |
| 0:52.0 | there beforehand, but now he comes into New York City. |
| 0:55.0 | Looking to establish an anchor for the rebel cause, the Continental Army. |
| 1:01.0 | His army is chiefly made up, almost entirely made up at this time, of men from New England. |
| 1:07.0 | What is the city that George Washington finds in the spring of 76? |
| 1:12.0 | Good evening to you, Professor. |
| 1:14.0 | Thank you, good evening. |
| 1:15.0 | I'm about to be here. |
| 1:17.0 | Well, Washington, what Washington finds is a city that had been diverse and mixed for, you know, |
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