The following extract occurs in the journal of Lewis Morris, Judge of the Admiralty : June 4th, 1746, returned home, dined at Westchester, when the detachments from Q,ueens county and Westchester marched to Colonel Philipse's, in order to embark for Albany, on board of Captain Conradts Derrike's sloop, who lay there for that purpose.''^ This was on occasion of the war with France, when the Colony of New York was making formidable preparations for the reduction of Canada.

Directly opposite the dock on the Jersey shore, is situated Closter landing, from which a road gradually ascends to the summit of the Palisades, a height of 517 feet above the river. Here Lord Grey, after coming up the Hudson in barges, disembarked his troops for the purpose of cutting off Baylor's light dragoons then stationed at Tappaan.^

The River Hotel kept by John Bashford, affords a favorite resort for the citizens of New York, being within seventeen miles

* Journal of Lewis Morris.

b October, 1778, (says Thacher) the regiment of cavalry commanded by Col. Baylor being posted on our lines near Tappan, their situation was betrayed by some tories, and a party of the enemy surprised them while in a baru, in the night, and massacred a part of them under circumstances of savage cruelty. The commander of the party who disgraced themselves by this foul deed, was the English General Grey. Col. Baylor's detachment consisted of one hundred and four horsemen. The attack was so sudden, that they were entirely defenceless, and the enemy immediately commenced the horrid work of slaughter ; their entreaties and crieg for mercy were totally disregarded by their savage foes. It has been well ascertained that the British soldiers were ordered by iheir inhuman ofRcerR to bayone-t every man they could find, and to give no quarter." Thacher's Military Journal, 147.