" Sacred to the memory of Major Andre, who, raised by his merit, at an early period of life, to the rank of Adjutant-General of the British forces in America, and, employed in an important bat hazardous enterprise, fell a sacrifice to his zeal for his King and Country, on the 2d of October, 1780, aged twenty-nine, universally beloved and esteemed by the army in which he served, and lamented even by his foes. His gracious Sovereign, King George EEL, has caused this monument to be erected."

On the plinth, these words are added: --

" The remains of Major John Andre were, on the 10th of August. 1821, removed from Tappan by James Buchanan, Esq., His Majesty's counsel at New York, under instructions from his Royal Highness the Duke of York, and with the permission of the Dean and Chapter, finally deposited in a grave contiguous to this monument, on the 28th of November, 1821."

The monument stands seven and a half feet high in relief against the wall, beneath the north window of the south aisle. The projecting figures of the sarcophagus represent a group in which Washington and Andre are conspicious ; the former in the act of receiving from the flag of truce a letter, which is variously said to signify that in which the prisoner petitioned to be shot, and more reasonably the demand of Clinton for his release. Brittania with a very lugubrious lion reposes on the top of the cenotaph. On the whole, the work is not a triumph of the sculptor's art."°