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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I)

Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition. 306 words

Pierre Van Cortlandt." Another portrait represents Pierre (afterwards Lieutenant-Governor) as a boy of about ten years of age, in a scarlet coat, with white silk stockings and a grey-hound by his side. Abraham, still older, is depicted in a russet coat and red stockings, with high-heeled shoes and buckles. These paintings are said to be over 140 years old, and represent three sons of Philip Van Corto Gen. Philip Van Cortlandt '3 Diary.

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landt and Catherine de Peyster. Beside the above there is a fine portrait of Lieutenant-Governor Pierre Van Cortlandt, painted by Jarvis; Joanna, wife of the Governor, and third daughter of Gilbert Livingston and Cornelia Beekman ; General Pierre Van Cortlandt, by Collins ; Catharine, first wife of the General and eldest daugther of George Clinton, Vice-President of the United States, by Aimes ; Anne Stevenson, second wife of General Pierre Van Cortlandt, by Aimes ; Mrs. Magdelen Stevenson, mother of Ann, by Aimes ; Col. Pierre Van Cortlandt and Mrs. Catharine E. Van Cortlandt, his wife, daughter of Dr. Theodrick Romeyn Beck ; Theodrick Romeyn Beck of Albany, author of Beck's Medical Jurisprudence, &c, and members of the family, some of them painted by the late Charles L. Elliott j also a medallion portrait of Dr. T. R. Beck, by Palmer ; portraits of George Clinton, Vice-President of the United States and Governor of New York and lady, in crayons, by St. Menor Valdenuit ; miniatures of George Clinton, Pierre Van Cortlandt and Gilbert Van Cortlandt, by Edward Malbon ; and Catharine Clinton Van Cortlandt, artist unknown; a portrait of Brant, painted from life at Albany for William Caldwell, Esq., of Albany, the grandfather of Mrs. C. E. Van Cortlandt, and over the top of the frame is thrown a sash that belonged to the chief.