In 1848 John Macdonald made the note that "the olrl stone house in the field west of the road at Fort Washington was the ' Blue Bell ' tavern of the Revolutionary war, kept by Jacob Moore."'

* Applclmi'$ Joimiitl, December 13, 1873.

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HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

room by his chaplain the night before his departure 1 from the " BUie Bell." The young husband was made | prisoner by Washington at the battle of Trenton, and j refusing to be exchanged took the oath of allegiance to the United States, and settled in East Jersey.

On October 24, 1783, Washington stood in front of this tavern to review the troops as they were inarching into New York. There he confided to the care of i Major Robert Burnet, commanding the rear-guard, a young deserter from the British army, who had secretly married an American girl at the " Blue Bell " on the preceding day. Thus twice the venerable inn had been the scene of a clandestine wedding. '

The October, 1881, issue of the Hhtorieal Magazine has these additional notices of old houses on the King's Bridge road, --

THE BLUE BELL TAVERN.

The Cross Kkvs, the very old stonchouee on this road, at alvout One Hundred and Sixty-fifth Street, is probably the only survivor of the outward Revolutionary inns. It was, traditionally, one of Washington's Rti)i>ping-places, and was known as the Cross Keys, by reason of two keys being crossed on the sign-board. It is said to have been kept by David Wares.