It was during this tentative period of waiting that the so-called "Action at Tarry town" took place, on the 15th of July, in whidh Capt. Hulbert of Sheldon's Dragoons distinguished himself, receiving a wound which afterwards caused his death, while resisting the attack of the enemy's vessels upon transports engaged in bringing supplies to the troops. A Sergeant of Soissonnais' also took part in the engagement. In this connection it is pertinent to quote the following from Jackson Odell, son of Col. John: " Rochambeau's headquarters were at the Col. John Odell house, then owned by a Mr. Bates ; and Washington's headquarters were at Joseph Appleby's, about half a mile from the Dobb's Ferry road and the same distance from the Saw Mill River." And again he adds that the headquarters remained there during "all the time" that the armies were so encamped. Good authority on that controverted point. And then on the r 8th of August the army marched away again, and in the direction of Yorktowu and supreme victory, in pursuance of the plan conceived by Washington in those decisive davs.

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The Old Manor H ouse.

A brief sketch of the old Philipse Manor House fittingly comes in here as a finale. The earliest known edifice erected upon this Manor now standing, (built 1682-3, )it has interest aside from the fact that the