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

XY1I

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

XXIV

Genera] History of the County Concluded -- From the Revolution to the Completion of the Croton Aqueduct ( 1842)

Chapter General History of the County Concluded

HISTORY

OF WESTCHESTER CHAPTER

PHYSICAL

DESCRIPTION

COUNTY

OF THE

COUNTY

HE County of Westchester, as a definitely bounded and organized political unit, was created on the 1st of November, 1683, by the provisions of an act of the first Provincial Assembly of New York, held under the administration of the Royal Governor Dongan, which formally marked off the province into the twelve original counties. By the terms of this act, Westchester County was to comprise " East and West Chester, Bronxland, Fordham, and all as far eastward as the province extends," and to run northward along the Hudson River to the Highlands, its southern limits being, of course, Long Island Sound and the waters between the mainland and Manhattan Island or New York County. Of the boundaries thus described, only the western and northern have continued unchanged to the present time. The precise location of the eastern line, constituting the boundary between New York and Connecticut, was a matter of serious contention throughout the early history of the countv, and, indeed, was not established to the final satisfaction of both parties to the dispute until 1880.