There is a noble and deep toned bell in the tower, which summons the parishioners every Lord's day to the house of prayer by its rich and solemn sounds. "This was a gift in every way worthy of the venerable individual whose name is graven upon it, the late Gen. Pierre Van Cortlandt, for many years senior warden, to whose family the parish is not only indebted for the original grant of land upon which the mother church stands, but for other and more recent favors." It weighs one thousand and eighty-five pounds, and bears the following inscription: -- "Cast by G. W. Holbrook, East Medway, Mass., 1841. Presented to St. Peter's church, Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, by General Pierre Van Cortlandt. August 29th, 1841." The marble font was

a The deed for the church lot, from Ward B. Howard and Lucia his wife, bcara date 23d of December, 1S29.

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the gift of his son Colonel Pierre Van Cortlandt. The organ presented by the ladies of the parish in 1849, was also built by the Messrs. Holbrook & Co., and cost twelve hundred dollars. The corner stone of this edifice, which was organized under the title of St. Paul's church, in 1829, was laid by Bishop Onderdonk in 1838; and upon Saturday, June 1 6th, of that year, it was consecrated and set apart to the worship and service of Almighty God, under the title of "St, Peter's chapel, &c," by the same Prelate.