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History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900

Shonnard, Frederic, and W.W. Spooner. History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900. New York: The New York History Company, 1900. 314 words

The Westchester County delegates to the ih, m w Od Democratic Stale convention were Thomas larve\ Torter, the ml Jo] of Smith, Gilherl S. Lyon, and Abraham Hyatt. ,', fro -embly Iw; m .it li in esti J. v distil. and William Radford, of Yonkers, was a contesting Roche lie. )ssi yra the Ml of if cle ( , fro district delegate from the nth congressional district the : ai i.sembly and (embracing Westchester County) to the Charleston national convention. To the Republican J.district. H. I' la it . c

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nually from 80,000,000 to 90,000,000|bricks. 3. Croton (formerly called Collaberg Landing);population, 400 ; a station on the Hudson River Railroad ; contained four churches, a rolling mill, wire mill, and several brickyards. 4. Crugers J (Boscobel p. o. ); a landing and railroad station. 5. Annsville; a small village, containing a church and wire mill. 6. Cortlandtville; contained a church, planing mill, and about twenty houses. 7. Oregon, on the line of Putnam County; contained a rolling mill and wire mill. 8. Croton Point; devoted chiefly to vineyards. 9. Montrose's Point. Eastchester. -- Population, 5,582. Local particulars: -- 1. Eastchester; population, 551: contained two churches. 2. Mount Vernon; an incorporated village; contained " four churches and several private schools." 3. West Mount Vernon (630 inhabitants), 4. East Mount Vernon (275 inhabitants), 5. Waverly, and 6. Washington ville, are described as " suburban villages, inhabited principally by mechanics and men doing business in New York." 7. Bronxville; a railroad station; contained a manufactory of carriage axles. 8. Tuckahoe; a railroad station near the marble quarries. 9. Fleetwood, and 10. Jacksonville, places projected by building associations. Greenburgh. -- Population, 8,929. Local particulars: -- 1. Hastings; population, 1,135; a railroad station and a steamboat landing; contained two churches, steam marble works, limekilns, and a limited number of manufactories. 2.