Continental Village
Continental Village
CONTINENTAL VILLAGE. 9 October 1777. About three miles north of Peekskill, New York, and at the main entrance to the Highlands on the east bank of the Hudson, the rebels in 1777 constructed a camp for two thousand men and established a supply center. On 9 October 1777 Governor Tryon with Emerick's chasseurs, other German troops, and a three-pounder routed the small guard detachment commanded by a Major Campbell and destroyed the settlement. A few days later General S. H. Parsons marched south from Fishkill with two thousand men and occupied Peekskill.
Currency emissions by year | ||
---|---|---|
Year | Continental | States |
SOURCE: Michener, Backing Theories, p. 690 | ||
1775 | $6,000,000 | $4,739,667 |
1776 | $18,947,220 | $13,327,523 |
1777 | $13,000,000 | $9,572,500 |
1778 | $63,500,300 | $9,118,333 |
1779 | $140,052,480 | $17,613,400 |
1780 | 0 | $66,813,093 |
1781 | 0 | $123,376,667 |
1782 | 0 | $172,400 |
1783 | 0 | $1,633,357 |
Total | $241,500,000 | $246,366,940 |
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