A letter from Judge Samuel Youngs, of Mount Pleasant, printed in the " Historical Magazine" for June, 1S71, says: "No man went to bed but under the apprehension of having his house plundered or burnt, orhimself or family massacred before morning. Some, under the character of Whigs, plundered the Tories ; while others of the latter description, pluudcred the Whigs. Parties of marauders assuming either ehariicter or none, as suited their convenience, indiscriminately assailed both Whigs and Tories." Burr came to the county in the fall of 1778 and stopped all this by military rule and strict enforcement of order. - Benson J. Lossiug in AppleUm's Jvunial, vol. x., 1873.

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at White Plains, which until recently was in the possession of that tiimily, by whose name it is still known. He was frequently at the Birdsall house, in Peekskill, which was one of the first buildings erected in the village. It was a favorite tavern and was repeatedly visited by the ofticers when the allied armies, under Washington and Rochambeau, menaced the English positions in and about New York. It stands on the old post road and is still kept as a tavern. Near by are yet seen the remains of the old fort which crowned this elevated position at the mouth of the Highland Gorge.'

It appeal's from some Revolutionary papers that there were localiti("s in Westchester County which are now unknown. Washington, in his order-book, under date of October 24, 1782, directs :

"The tents being too cold for the accommodation of the sick, the regimental surgeons will send no more to the flying hospital, but have such as are hospital patients sent to the huts at New Boston."' Where was " New Boston ? "'