as we understand it.
6. Some tiiirty years ago this tree was cut down by the
proprietor. Some of the wood has come into the possession of the writer, through a relative to whom it was given. It now forms a couple of book-cases.
7. Some writers state that a Hessian officer committed
this deed, but we think the Cowboy version is correct.
8. The last two anecdotes were told to the writer by Mr.
William L. Stone, the historian. R. A. Bolton's Historv of the County of Westchester.
New York, 1848. General Heath's A/rwoi>s. Boston, 1798. Itinerary of General Washington^ from June 75, /yj?, to
December 2^, fj8}. Philadelphia, 1892. Colonel John Thomas Scharf's History of Westchester
County, New York. Philadelphia, 1886. Works and Documents of William L. Stone. ]oHti¥\SKi.^s American Revolution. Boston, 1801. William Watson Waldron's Huguenots of Westchester.
New York, 1864. Guide to New Rochelle (1842).
Papers on Yonkers, by Henry B. Dawson (26 copies printed for private circulation only.) Yonkers, 1866.
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