New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-17
"CosmopoIitan,"
Nice,
AMERICAN HOTEL.
CANNES. FRANCE.
Hotel Beau Site,
Cannes.
relics FOUND NEAR FORT LEE.
BULLET MOULDS. BAYONET AND PARTS
OF TOOLS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN
Used IN MORGAN'S CAMP.

number OF interesting relies were discovered
Oh the site Of the old Fort Lee some time ago by
some laborcrs who were at work there. The labor
ers were digging an extension TO Hooks Ice Pond
on the vest side OF Dead Bridge Brook Fort Lee
and the relics lay about twelve inches under
ground about four hundred feet from the earth
works of the old fort. and on the site OF Morgan :
camp They have recently come into the hands Of
George f. Kunz of Tiffany & Co.. who showed
them TO a Tribune reporter yesterday The arti-
Giles discovered regarded interesting both on
account Of their probable and for the fact
that they were probably once used by the soldiers
of Morgans camp. more than a century ago
The articles were such tools would be likely
to be found in a military camp They are all IN
crusted heavily with rust. and In some cases are
so badly corroded TO make their Identity merely
a matter Of conjecture. For the most part. how
ever It Is possible TO determine what they orgi
naIlv were The largest OF all is evidently the
blade of a crude shovel It's edges eaten away
by the Of a century, but its outlines are still
fairly preserved. There several bullet moulds
in the collection and there IS also large piece OF
lead from which bullets were evidently made
There are a number OF fragments of rusted iron
which can be so put together as TO make crude
nick together with the head OF a carpenters adze
in a fair state OF preservation An ancient bayonet
Il one OF the several pieces OF arms that were dis
covered and this Is reinforced by the fragments
of two sabres. hits and ALL that may be put TO-
gether so as TO leave doubt Of their former use
The collection is completed by what Mr.. Kunz calls
q British compliment. which Is Mr.. kunZs hame
for a small cannon ball 1t Is compliment which
the Continentals frequently returned. All these
relies we're turned to James +. Tracey, the
Township Clerk OF the town OF Rdgefeld. \. j.,
and they came from him TO MI kunz
The place where the relies were found Is described
bv Professor Thomas Dunn English in "Appleion's
Journal" December p 1871. follows: THE camp
was laid out N streets named after those in New
York and with evident traces OF It's plans may
be discovered Foundations Of the huts nearest the
cliffs edge have been generally removed. but num-
hers OF those remain on the west or Dead Bridge
Brook (so-called on account Of the number OF Hes
SLAMS killed in A skrmish at that place.. where Nor
gan and hi. Virginia rnemen had their separate
camp They detailed 10 picket duty. and a
for guardhous.s. They were made of loose stones
piled up IN walls about tweve feet ,quire and gener
siv AZ some mass OF projecting rock with NAT side
which served ~ wall Of the hut. and answered
for a chimney back. These outlying huts were no;
regularly arranged like the rest discipline being a
little more loose among the mountaineers than among
Three years ago George Hook. quarryman. I'M
,ar,hed near the same spot one hundred and eighty
pounds Of lead md two sabres and some bullets The
ground in the vicinity OF the fort and where they
were found has never been disturbed except In dig
gng a foundation for a house
Mr. Kunz and James Douglass, or phe,ps. Dodge
G Co have tecenty come into possess ion OF the site
of Fort Lee. The tract which IS one Of the most
slightly the Palisades about 200 feet wide by 500
deep Mr. kunz has been trying 10 purchase II for
more than years but there has been considerable
dnhcutv in getting "A clear title. This has now been
scromp.hcd and Messrs Kunz and Douglass are In
practical possession OF the historic ground The new
owners OF the property have been NJ much trouble -
secure /; from number OF former owners. but they
have been actuated by desire 10 preserve such
significant spot in manner beftting its historic i'm
por,snce. They have no plan with reference to IT,
for any parloc disposition OF the famous Ste such
as formal possession and CONNIE by some
IL FOR the task Lying as 1t does practically at the
beginning OF the Palisades. It's separation as park