CHAPTEE YI

THE MORRIS HOUSE OR JUMEL
MANSION

Washington's Headquarters on Washington
Heights

Commanding a superb view of the Harlem val¬
ley, looking south from One Hundred and Sixtieth
Street and Jumel Place, stands what is easily the
most important building, historically, in New York
—the Jumel Mansion. It is reached by the Broad¬
way subway. One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Street
station; walk three blocks to the east. Also by the .
Sixth Avenue elevated, getting off at One Hun¬
dred and Fifty-fifth Street.

The building was erected in 1765 by Lieut. Col.
Eoger Morris, of the British Forty-seventh Eegi-
ment and a member of the King's Council. Morris
and Washington were brothers in arms during the
unfortunate attack on Fort Du Quesne, in which
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