Lorillard succeeded to the business, which prospered so well that it brought to its proprietor miUions of dollars, and made it what it now is, one of the largest tobacco houses in New York ' city. Mr. Lorillard died at Saratoga, October 6th, 1S67, aged seventytwo.

The low ground east of the " Bron.x Dale " is called " Bear Swamp," after the savage animal that about two centuries ago inhabited this wide domain of forest and morass.

The general surface of Westchester is rolling, and in some places hilly soil, clay loam, m.ostly susceptible of high cultivation. The lands produce all kinds of grain, but they are best adapted to grass and pasturage. Almost every vaiiety of fruit trees flourish here. The principal growth of wood is oak of all sorts, chestnut and hickory, &c. It is freely watered, in every part, by springs and rivulets.

THE TOWN

MANOR OF WEST FARMS.

This township, which is now annexed to New York County, was formerly a portion of the ancient borough to^vn of Westchester. It is bounded on the north by Yonkers, ea?' by the Bronx, south by the East River, and west by the Harlem River. Kings Bridge, across Harlem River, is just within the line at the north-west corner of this towTi. It derives its name from its situation being west of the New England settlements. In 1663 it was claimed by Shonearockite and other Indians, as appears from the following conveyance to Edward Jessup and John Richardson of Westchester :