OFFICERS DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE B. Herbert Smith, Chairman COUNCILORS Kings County Nassau County Suffolk County Queens County Painted by John Ward Dunsmore. (Used by permission of the Title Guarantee & Trust Co.) GENERAL WASHINGTON’S COUNCIL OF WAR AFTER THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND In the Philip Livingston house, later known as the Teunis Joralemon House, east side of Hicks St., Brooklyn. In the picture are General Washington, Samuel Parsons, Joseph Spencer, Thomas Mifflin, John Mor

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