New-York tribune., 1910-02-20

To- r,7 -,-escrvatiou n oDe ~ ihe most
--r-stio l,,sto-3~al landmarks n Jhe couh-
~ +bo Rillo7p House. Al TottenFilie s'S'-
-, island tho members Of The fhiieri1oH
s ;-e-a--- society o. thc towT are acuNeiS
-,-o,l-,nr Through treiT efforts. aud WIN
80 sxsfs1s7ce ~ Asscnlblynan Balm 1ile
--,,,--aser,tati1e Of tl1st district. BIZ mas
,,aer introduced into the Legislature asking
g e+sre ar-ror7ristioa % SS5.0eG with which
- r7,- the house and some ten O. a dozen
sr-es or ground. The bill which Is now III
committee. viii. IL Is expected. soon nave 2
hearing senator Aids 3lsd promised his
sgnoort in presenting II TO the Senate put
s,.i,sa.7ur-,- developments IN Albany have
,,--,-e--tet5 delegation headed r. the
-,-oei54-. NJ -he Philemon Society IS pre-
,,s--rr ~ so 10 Albany when the hearing
is hello
The OLD stone House a tho place IS
called lacaI.- = associated with on q The
most Interesting events o. the Resolution :
situation ful1 Of grim l'lnoT so far as Ine
Americans were concerned. but = source Of
hitter humiliation 10 Lord Howe After the
failure r Ben tsmln Franklin's mission 10
England a. the representative OF the col
ori.~ LORD Howe was appointed royal pa
cifcator. and early IT l776 he sailed Tor
America with the boast that within ten
Clave Of his arrival peace would ensue. He
reached New York IL .Tulz. 1--s- On July
: the Declaration Of Independence. signed
I-1f-- Z was read 70 t1e American troops
s-a II me citizens n rSev To-a. On rhe
.---e-ine of that dav s1sr7le ~ George III
r}aos6 - The foo- Of Broadway. vas -orn
.5o1-r Lord fio--o and the other British
officers saw II urorild he necessary n defeat
-1rs La
before zn atte-1p- for peace could be made.
or August -. 1116. the battle of Long
Island was fought and OF by the British.
~ once q proposition for a peace conference
1n neutral ground was proposed. BeRja-
min Franklin. John Adams and Edward
RutleGge were selected TO represent Con-
gress and the BIIlopp House vas decided On
as r. place OF meeting In the front
room. overlooking the XIII van Kull. Lord
Hove and me American representatives
met
Il was the only peace conference at
tempted on American sol in connection
With the Revolutionary War It's failure
marked The hnal parting OF the ways be
tween Great Britain and her American col
onies.
40; only this notable historical event
makes the building o. peculiar 1ntersSt. L
ls picturesque. and many fascinating I-a-
dtcions hang about the stone walls. strong
enough vet n iast one hundred ears mora
huI tho quaint oid shelving roof n the 70
-sRda- upheld bv late of pillars. is prac-
r5calls- our nf commission. t;7e-roof is open
- ti'e Clements In spots and ihe plasteriug
X broken IN many places. Bat the deep
c-nhrssureG windows. .he curio;.s cupboa rdS
bulk IL THE walls rie small paned sashes
and queer door fastenings are still intact
IN this house. as tradition tells Us was
1fle case IL those good old Gavs. the latch
string does literally hang ouc By the pull
ing OF The knotJed cord the wooden lstca
is raised. buc Al night a strong oakeri beam
bars The door ef1ecJuaIly against unweIco-ne
guests
Big frepiaces are a feature Of all the
rooms The kitchen II the basement boasts
Of one the entire width OF the house Here
the long crane q hano-wrought iron hold
InE TWO kettles o. mammoth dimensions. is