The following extract occurs in the journal of Lewis Morris, Judge of the .admiralty: --

"June 4th, 1746, returned home, dined at Westchester, when the detachments from Queens county and ^\■estchester marched to Colonel

~a A[r. 11. Sohoolcnift susfrests, that Tlio term '^Tabanzee,'' which rapuus j" i^'-' •'^'/'J",1"'°; asti'jrt crouching person, luiiy ornrmally havu been ai)pli-a to this nobit- cliir. it li mj leti, Abuve the Itvei ot thj iliulson. Pioo.-ed. of >'. V. Hbt. Soc, lS-14.

b :\io!utoi:"s ITisr. of N. V-, p. '^^S.

c Mriiillou Hist,, p. i!5j.

632 ■ HISTORV OF THE COUXTY OF WF.STCHESTER.

Philipse's, in order to embark for Albany, on board of Captain Conra<!Ls Derrike's sloop, who lay there for that purpose."'*

This was on occasion of the war with France, when the Colony of New York was making formidable preparations for the reduction of Canada.

Directly opposite the dock on the Jersey shore, is situated Clostcr landing, from which a road gradually ascends to the summit of tlie Palisades--a height of 517 feet above the river. Here Lord Grey, after coming up the Hudson in barges, disembarked his troops for the purpose of catting off Baylor's light dragoons then stationed at Tappaan.''

During the winter of 17S0, the river was frozen so hard, that sleighs were driven from this place to the city on the ice. At a short distance above the landing, facing the post road, is the old Manor hall. The present front was erected cir. 1745 ; the rear, at a much earlier period -- which is reported to have been built soon after the Philipse family purchased here, A. D. 16S2 -- although the favorite residence, at first, appears to have been Castle Philipse, in Sleepy Hollow.