Its location is very fine, just on the south-west angle of what was formerly the township of Morrisania, nearly opposite to the beautiful scenery of Hellgate, and eiglit miles from New York. It commands extensive views of the surrounding countr}', and the adjacent waters. " Here he passed the latter j-ears of his life, exercising an elegant and munificent hospitality, reviewing the studies of his early days, and carrying on a very interesting correspondence with statesmen and literati in Europe and America. Among his principal guests were Louis Phillipe Le Due d'Orleans, (afterwards king of France), and John Victor Moreau, one of the most celebrated of modem French generals. Of the old mansion, which was constructed in the French chateau style, nothing remains but the central portion, and this has been greatly modernized by the present proprietor. The interior, however, retains much of its former consistence. The library possesses a very choice selection of books. It is chiefly remarkable for the valuable manuscripts belonging to it, which are so extensivel}' connected with the history of its fonner o\\Tier. There are here, likewise, several choice pieces of French furniture, some gobelin tapestn,', and a good portrait of the late Hon. Gouverneur Morris, also a fine marble bust of Mrs. Morris.

The grounds are enriched \vith many rare ornamental trees and shnibs; among the former deserve to be mentioned, two or three specimens of the deciduous American cypress, {cupressiis disilcha), said by Gordon to be the finest of the kind in the United States. Of the latter, there are hedges of the gliditsia frieani/ms, and the gliditsia horrida.