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CONTENTS Editor's

Preface

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Physical Description of the County Chapter

The Aboriginal Inhabitants

Chapter

Discovery and Preliminary View Chapter

The Earliest Settlers -- Bronck, Anno Hutchinson, Throckmorton, Cornell Chapter

The Redoubtable Captain John Underbill-- Dr. Adrian Van der Donck Chapter VI Beginnings of Serious Settlement -- Westchester Town, Rye Chapter

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"The Portion of the North Riding on the Main" -- Progress of Settlement and Beginnings of the Manorial Estates Chapter

VIII

The Philipses and the Van Cortlandts Chapter

Pelham Manor and Now Rochelh -- Caleb Heatlicote and Scarsdale Manor -- General Observations on the Manors Chapter

General Historical Review to the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century -- Completion of the Work of Original Settlement. . . . 193 Chapter XI A Glance at the Borough Town of Westchester

CONTENTS

Chapter

The Election on the Green at Eastchester, 1733 Chapter

XIII

The Aristocratic Families and Their Influences Chapter

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From the Stain]) Act to the Las1 Session of the Colonial Assembly

Chapter

Westchester County in Lino for Independence -- Events to July 9, L776 Chapter XVI The State of New York Born at White Plains-- Events to October 12, 1776 Chapter The Campaign

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and Battle of White Plains Chapter XVIII

Fort Washington's Fall -- The Delinquency of General Lee Chapter

The Strategic Situation -- The Neutral Ground Chapter Events of 1777 and 1778

Chapter

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From January. 177(.», to September, 1780 Chapter XXII

The Capture of Andre

Chapter

XXIII

The Westchester Operations of the Allied Armies, 1781 -- End of the War 41)7 Chapter