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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PREFACE
- MAP of the NORTH-EASTERN Parts of the UNITED STATES
- 1 PORTRAIT of Mr. Bartlett, to Face the Vignette, Ascent to the Capitol, Washington
- 2 Niagara Falls, from the Ferry
- 3 View from West Point
- 4 Trenton Falls, View down the Ravine
- 5 View from Mount Holyoke
- 6 The Outlet of Niagara River
- 7 The Palisades, Hudson River
- 8 The Rapids above the Falls of Niagara
- 9 Saratoga Lake
- 10 The Colonnade of Congress Hall, Saratoga Springs
- 11 Albany
- 12 Crow's Nest, from Bull Hill, West Point
- 13 View below Table Rock
- 14 Lake Winipiseogee
- 15 The Tomb of Kosciusko
- 16 The Horseshoe Fall at Niagara, with the Tower
- 17 The Narrows, at Staten Island
- 18 View of the Capitol at Washington
- 19 View of the Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga
- 20 View from Fort Putnam
- 21 View of State Street, Boston
- 22 Niagara Falls, from Clifton House
- 23 View from Hyde Park
- 24 Village of Sing-Sing
- 25 View from Ruggle's House, Newburgh
- 26 Descent into the Valley of Wyoming
- 27 Boston, from Dorchester Heights
- 28 View of Faneuil Hall, Boston
- 29 New York Bay, from the Telegraph Station
- 30 Peekskill Landing
- 31 Light House, near Caldwell Landing
- 32 Harper's Ferry, from the Potomac side
- 33 Caldwell, Lake George
- 34 Centre Harbour, Lake Winipiseogee
- 35 Yale College, at New Haven
- 36 Willey House
- 37 Battle Monument, Baltimore
- 38 Forest Scene on Lake Ontario
- 39 Viaduct on the Baltimore and Washington Railroad
- 40 The Indian Falls near Coldspring
- 41 Columbia Bridge, on the Susquehanna
- 42 The Genessee Falls, Rochester
- 43 The Ferry at Brooklyn, New York
- 44 Rail-road Scene, Little Falls
- 45 Utica
- 46 The Landing, on the American side, Falls of Niagara
- 47 View From Mount Washington
- 48 Mount Washington, and the White Hills
- 49 The Park and City Hall, New York
- 50 The Two Lakes, and the Mountain House on the Catskills
- 51 Trenton High Falls
- 52 The Valley of the Shenandoah, from Jefferson's Rock
- 53 Lockport, Erie Canal
- 54 The Tomb of Washington, Mount Vernon
- 55 Black Mountain, Lake George
- 56 Valley of the Connecticut, from Mount Holyoke
- 57 View on the Erie Canal, near little Falls
- 58 Hudson Highlands, from Bull Hill
- 59 Villa on the Hudson, near Weehawken
- 60 View of Meredith, New Hampshire
- 61 Ballston Springs
- 62 The Narrows, from Fort Hamilton
- 63 The Notch House, White Mountains
- 64 Wilkesbarre, Vale of Wyoming
- 65 Squawm Lake, New Hampshire
- 66 Sabbath-Day Point, Lake George
- Plate section
31 - Light House, near Caldwell Landing
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PREFACE
- MAP of the NORTH-EASTERN Parts of the UNITED STATES
- 1 PORTRAIT of Mr. Bartlett, to Face the Vignette, Ascent to the Capitol, Washington
- 2 Niagara Falls, from the Ferry
- 3 View from West Point
- 4 Trenton Falls, View down the Ravine
- 5 View from Mount Holyoke
- 6 The Outlet of Niagara River
- 7 The Palisades, Hudson River
- 8 The Rapids above the Falls of Niagara
- 9 Saratoga Lake
- 10 The Colonnade of Congress Hall, Saratoga Springs
- 11 Albany
- 12 Crow's Nest, from Bull Hill, West Point
- 13 View below Table Rock
- 14 Lake Winipiseogee
- 15 The Tomb of Kosciusko
- 16 The Horseshoe Fall at Niagara, with the Tower
- 17 The Narrows, at Staten Island
- 18 View of the Capitol at Washington
- 19 View of the Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga
- 20 View from Fort Putnam
- 21 View of State Street, Boston
- 22 Niagara Falls, from Clifton House
- 23 View from Hyde Park
- 24 Village of Sing-Sing
- 25 View from Ruggle's House, Newburgh
- 26 Descent into the Valley of Wyoming
- 27 Boston, from Dorchester Heights
- 28 View of Faneuil Hall, Boston
- 29 New York Bay, from the Telegraph Station
- 30 Peekskill Landing
- 31 Light House, near Caldwell Landing
- 32 Harper's Ferry, from the Potomac side
- 33 Caldwell, Lake George
- 34 Centre Harbour, Lake Winipiseogee
- 35 Yale College, at New Haven
- 36 Willey House
- 37 Battle Monument, Baltimore
- 38 Forest Scene on Lake Ontario
- 39 Viaduct on the Baltimore and Washington Railroad
- 40 The Indian Falls near Coldspring
- 41 Columbia Bridge, on the Susquehanna
- 42 The Genessee Falls, Rochester
- 43 The Ferry at Brooklyn, New York
- 44 Rail-road Scene, Little Falls
- 45 Utica
- 46 The Landing, on the American side, Falls of Niagara
- 47 View From Mount Washington
- 48 Mount Washington, and the White Hills
- 49 The Park and City Hall, New York
- 50 The Two Lakes, and the Mountain House on the Catskills
- 51 Trenton High Falls
- 52 The Valley of the Shenandoah, from Jefferson's Rock
- 53 Lockport, Erie Canal
- 54 The Tomb of Washington, Mount Vernon
- 55 Black Mountain, Lake George
- 56 Valley of the Connecticut, from Mount Holyoke
- 57 View on the Erie Canal, near little Falls
- 58 Hudson Highlands, from Bull Hill
- 59 Villa on the Hudson, near Weehawken
- 60 View of Meredith, New Hampshire
- 61 Ballston Springs
- 62 The Narrows, from Fort Hamilton
- 63 The Notch House, White Mountains
- 64 Wilkesbarre, Vale of Wyoming
- 65 Squawm Lake, New Hampshire
- 66 Sabbath-Day Point, Lake George
- Plate section
Summary
This picturesque object is seen to great effect by the passenger in the evening boat from New York to Newburgh. Leaving the city at five in the summer afternoon, she makes the intervening forty miles between that hour and twilight; and while the last tints of the sunset are still in the sky, the stars just beginning to twinkle through the glow of the west, the bright light of this lofty beacon rises up over the prow of the boat, shining apparently on the very face of the new-starred heaven. As he approaches, across the smooth and still purpled mirror of the silent river is drawn a long and slender line of light, broken at the foot of the beacon by the mild shrubbery of the rock on which it stands; and as he rounds the point, and passes it, the light brightens and looks clearer against the darker sky of the east, while the same cheering line of reflection follows him on his way, and is lost to sight as he disappears among the mountains.
The waters of the river at this point were the scene of the brief and tragic drama enacted so fatally by poor André. Four or five miles below stands Smith's house, where he had his principal interview with Arnold, and where the latter communicated to him his plans for the delivery of West Point into the hands of the English, and gave him the fatal papers which proved his ruin.
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- American SceneryOr, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature, pp. 63 - 65Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1840