Part of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" id="mwMA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New York City">New York City</a> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_New_York_(1776)" id="mwMQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Great Fire of New York (1776)">burned</a> shortly after being occupied by British forces.<sup about="#mwt18" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"}}' id="cite_ref-1" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./September_21#cite_note-1" id="mwMg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwMw">[1]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"><cite about="#mwt15" class="citation magazine cs1" id="CITEREFImmerwahr2023">Immerwahr, Daniel (31 January 2023). <span class="id-lock-subscription" id="mwB6s" title="Paid subscription required"><a class="external text" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/03/george-washington-burn-new-york-great-fire-1776/672780/" id="mwB6w" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Did George Washington Burn New York?"</a></span>. <i id="mwB60">The Atlantic</i>. Vol.<span id="mwB64" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>331, no.<span id="mwB68" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>2. p.<span id="mwB7A" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>74. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISSN_(identifier)" id="mwB7E" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a><span id="mwB7I" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1072-7825" id="mwB7M" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">1072-7825</a><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB7Q">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB7U">16 February</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt15" class="Z3988" id="mwB7Y" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Atlantic&amp;rft.atitle=Did+George+Washington+Burn+New+York%3F&amp;rft.volume=331&amp;rft.issue=2&amp;rft.pages=74&amp;rft.date=2023-01-31&amp;rft.issn=1072-7825&amp;rft.aulast=Immerwahr&amp;rft.aufirst=Daniel&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fmagazine%2Farchive%2F2023%2F03%2Fgeorge-washington-burn-new-york-great-fire-1776%2F672780%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeptember+21"></span></span>