Workman, and the Hudson River Hotel by J. W. Vincent. The latter was formerly kept by Mr. Enoch Crosby, " son of him

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of spy memory." Besides ciglitecn stores and groceries, there is one ship yard, one iron foundry, two grist mills, and Brandreth's pill factory. Two newspapers weekly are issued from this place, entitled the Westchester Herald and the Hudson River Chronicle, the former conducted by Mr. Caleb Roscoe, the latter by Mr. J. B. Swain.

A number of handsome residences adorn the higher grounds of the village. Among others may be noticed the mansions of Mr. William Robinson, Mr. Ludlum, Mr. Albertus. Also that of Maj. Gen. Aaron W^ard,:^ ^vho for a number of years represented this district in Congress. Cxeneral Ward holds a part of the patrimonial estate which covered nearly the whole southern portion of the village, his father the late Moses Ward, Esq.,'' having been one of the original purchasers under the commissioners of forfeitures in 1785. At this early period there were but three dwelling houses in Sing Sing, one of which (an old stone mansion, used as a fortress to defend the settlers against the Indians,^) was the residence of Mr. Ward. This family descends from Richard Ward, son of Edmund Ward of Fairfield, Connecticut.^ General Ward's residence is a fine building of Sing Sing marble, presenting a neat Ionic portico to the river, with wings on either side. The interior is embellished with several excellent pictures by native artists, viz.. Falls of Niagara, by Yanderlyn ; St. Nicholas, by Weir ] Boy hoeing corn, by Mount ; Village of Sing Sing, by Havel ; Gipsey Girl, by Freeman ; View in New- Hampshire, by Doughty ; Girl and Child, by Chapman. The family portraits are by Ames, Vanderlyn, and Gilbert.