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William WadeHalf a mile north of the Asylum, is the village of
Manhattanville, having a convenient landing and wharf, and
containing about eighty houses, with five hundred inhabitants. A
mile and a half east of this is the village of Harlem.
The next object of notice after passing Manhattanville, and the
highest point on New York Island is Fort Washington, two hundred
and thirty-eight feet above the river.