The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.)
The utmost attention will be paid not only to the intellectual, but also to the moral education of the pupils. As to their domestic comfort, every thi.".^; which parental affection can desire vriW be found and supplied in the assiduous attention and skilful management of the Sislers of Charity, to whom the charge of this important and highly responsible departmonl is mainly confided." The college, which contains the rooms of the various professors, library, &:c., is a large, elegant, and commodious edifice. The hall is adorned with some valuable engravings from Raphael's frescoes in the Vatican, presented by the late Pope Gregory XVI., to the Righ: Rev. Bishop Hughes. The oil pictures consist of a " Madonna do b pesce," a copy from the original by Raphael. This picture is from the collection of the late Joseph Bonaparte ; the " Entombment of the Saviour.'' a copy by William Franquinet. The head of St. Joseph in this picture is finely painted. The wooden building attached to the gardens on tlic south was formerly the residence of Colonel John Watts and his w.'e. the celebrated Lady Mary Ale.\;ander, daughter of Major General Lor>! Stirling. The church is a very large and handsome structure of stone, in the Gothic style. It is intended to embattle the tower, and carry up the spire. The windows, which are filled with some excellent stained glass. give the interior a ver}' pleasing appearance. The apostles, St. Peter and St. Paul, and the four evangelists are depicted in six windows -- three on each side. These figures are executed in the best style of modem stained glass; they stand on floriated Gothic pedestals of gold, siirmounted by a rich canopy of the same. At the foot of the pedestal a gold escutcheon, containing the name of each apostle and evangehsL The whole were made to order, expressly for this church, at St.