278 HISTORY OF THE

runs lip to it to the northward, partly by the lands of Morrisania and the salt creek that runs by the house of the said Legget to the eastward, partly by the said Boimd Creek, and partly the salt creek aforesaid that runs by the house of Leggett, and to the southward by the Sound that divides Long Island, or the Island of Nassau, from Connecticut, &c. : the grantee paying therefore yearly, on the 25th of March, six ears of Indian corn, &c."

From Austin Graham this property passed to the Leggetts, who have sold various portions to Mr. Dater, Mr. Dennison and others.

Rose Bank, the charming seat of Mr, William H. Leggett, is situated near the entrance of Jefferd^s Neck, on the banks of the East River, the waters of which appear spread out into a vast lake.

The view in front of the house embraces Riker's Island, the Two Brothers, (called in the Dutch " Gesellen,^'') the entrance of the Gate, and the distant shores of New York city, &c. In the Graham mansion, which fornierly stood on the site of Mr. Leggett's farm house, Mnjor Bearmore, a British officer, was surprised by Colonel Armand,^^ of the French cavalry. "November 7th,

« Tlie last whose name I recollect, (says the Marquis De Chastellux,* is Colonel Armand -- tliat is, M. de la Rouerie, nephew of M. de la Belinage. He was as celebrated in France for his passion for Mademoiselle B , as he is in America for his