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A 1781 British map depicting Manhattan. Kip's Bay is on the East River, labelled "Kepp's Bay". Admiral Howe sent a noisy demonstration of Royal Navy ships up the Hudson River early on the morning of September 15, but Washington and his aides determined that it was a diversion and maintained their forces at the north end of the island. [24]
A 1781 British map depicting Manhattan; Kip's Bay is labeled as "Kepps Bay" Kips Bay was an inlet of the East River running from what is now 32nd Street to 37th Street.The bay extended into Manhattan Island to just west of what is now First Avenue and had two streams that drained into it.
After a victory at the Battle of Long Island in late August, the commander-in-chief of British forces in North America, Gen. Sir William Howe landed his troops at Kip's Bay, on the eastern shore of present-day Manhattan, on September 15. [3]
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