QUICK FACTS
MAP OF THE BATTLE
Map courtesy of the Department of History,
United States Military Academy
LINKS
Battle of Harlem Heights
Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense (1775), urging the colonies to declare their independence, found 150,000 purchasers in a population of less than 3 million — the equivalent today of a sale of 14 million.
Gentleman Revolutionary: Gouverneur Morris, the Rake Who Wrote the Constitution (2003)