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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. 284 words

The organ, which cost $5,000, was constructed by Erben, of New York ; has two banks of keys, and three octaves of foot-pedals ; the whole is gorgeously finished with blue pipes, decorated with scarlet and gold.

TOMB-STONES.

In the rear of the church is situated the old burying-ground, where lie, awaiting the resurrection of the just, many of the persecuted and exiled Huguenots. The inscriptions on the earliest tombstones are wholly illegible. Among others that have been preserved, however, are the following : --

Voici le corps de ISAAC COUTANT, Age 50 acs.

1741 M. D. A. G. 49.

Here lies the body of JAMES FLANDREAU, Aged 69 years. Died Feb. 19, 1726.

Here lies the body of

JOHN CLARK, Who departed this life on ye 6 day of M. R., A. D. 1754, Aged 56.

Voici le corps de SUS ANNE LANDRIN, Ag. de 18 M. Se 6 D. S. L. 1750.

Here lies the body of ANDRE RANOUD, who departed this life on Friday ye 2 day of Dec. A. D. 1758, aged 25 yr.

There are also monuments in the yard to members of the Guion, Allaire and Secor families, &c.

The cemetery on the west side of the church contains a neat marble monument, consisting of a base and pyramid, with the following inscription (surmounted by a medallion likeness of the deceased") : --

THE TOWN OF NEW ROCHELLE. 669 To

WILLIAM LEGGETT,

the eloquent journalist, whose genius, disinterestedness and courage ennobled his profession -- who loved truth for its own sake, and asserted it with most ardor when weaker minds were most dismayed with opposition ; who could endure no form of tyranny, and raised his voice against