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Advocating Initiatives Promoting Preservation, Stringent Archaeological
Review,
and Proper Interpretation of the Fishkill Encampment and Supply Depot
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RESEARCH MATERIALS
Map of the site by Huey, PR, 1968, modified 2006 by Byster, M. (JPG, 0.8 MB)
Fishkill: a Problem, a Solution, and a Call for Assistance, by Richard Goring, Dutchess County Historical Year Book, 1972. (PDF, 1.4 MB)
Preliminary Report on the Fishkill Encampment Dig, 1962. (PDF, 1 MB) Interesting short account hinting at the extent of the damage done to the site by the building of Interstate 84 in the early 1960s.
Report on the Fishkill Supply Depot, 1971, by Stefan Bielinksi. (PDF, 8.6 MB) We especially call your attention to the well-thought-out proposal for a plan for the preservation and use of the site, found on report pages 3-7. The report as a whole contains some of the most important documented findings about the site.
The Fishkill Supply Depot and Encampment During the Years 1776-78, by Richard Goring, 1975, (PDF, 10.5 MB) A wealth of information.
National Historic Register Certificate, 1974 (PDF, 1.7 MB)
HISTORICAL REFERENCES
The Marquis de Chastellux's Account of a Visit to the Fishkill Depot, 1780
Excerpt from History of Dutchess County, by James H. Smith, 1882 "... it is doubtful whether any spot in the State has as many of the buried dead of the Revolution as this quiet spot."
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