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Manor" . Historic Hudson Valley . Official Site. "The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze at Van Cortlandt Manor" . Historic Hudson Valley . "Van Cortlandt Manor" . Croton-on-Hudson . People Not Property , digital documentary on slavery in the North by
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Van Cortlandt Manor §38
— Manor" . Historic Hudson Valley . Official Site. "The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze at Van Cortlandt Manor" . Historic Hudson Valley . "Van Cortlandt Manor" . Croton-on-Hudson . People Not Property , digital documentary on slavery in the North by
Van Cortlandt Manor §54
— Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow Philipsburg Manor House Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site Playland Thomas Paine Cottage Stepping Stones Sunnyside Van Cortlandt Manor Villa Lewaro Winged Foot Golf Club Rest of the state Adams Power Plant
Van Cortlandt Manor §35
— "People Not Property: Van Cortlandt Manor" . People Not Property / Historic Hudson Valley . Archived from the original on September 13, 2025 . Retrieved December 30, 2025 . ^ "Van Cortlandt Manor--Accompanying photos, exterior, from 1967 and 1974.
Van Cortlandt Manor §37
— Kléber, Louis C. "Van Cortlandt Manor". History Today 30.11 (1980): 62-63. Religion and Philosophy Collection. Web, 24 Apr. 2015. ^ "Van Cortlandt Manor" . American Aristocracy . Retrieved February 15, 2026 . External links [ edit ] "Van Cortlandt
Van Cortlandt Manor §17
— labor of enslaved Africans. [ 13 ] The manor house is essentially a Dutch colonial country house, [ 14 ] and by no means a mansion comparable to the Philipse Manor Hall, the country seat of the Philipses, close relatives of the Van Cortlandts…
Van Cortlandt Manor §29
— Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. ^ a b c d "Van Cortlandt Manor" . Hudson River Valley Institute . Archived from the original on May 16, 2025 . Retrieved December 30, 2025 . ^ a b "The "Manor of Cortland," 1779" . CROTON HISTORY…
Van Cortlandt Manor §2
— / 41.19167; -73.87639 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia House in Croton-on-Hudson, New York Not to be confused with Van Cortlandt Upper Manor House or Van Cortlandt House Museum . United States historic place Van Cortlandt Manor House U…
Van Cortlandt Manor §6
— …The colonial era stone and brick manor house is now a museum; it is a National Historic Landmark . History [ edit ] Van Cortlandt Manor [ 3 ] [ 4 ] was originally an 86,000-acre (35,000 ha) tract granted by royal
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Van Cortlandt Manor — Croton-on-Hudson
Photograph of Van Cortlandt Manor on the Croton River. The manor hosted Washington, Lafayette, and Rochambeau during the Revolution. Bolton's 1848 history records both African and Native American slavery on the estate.
Date…
Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…About the year 1698 a cargo of negroes
brought from the coast of Guinea was landed at Rye,
in the interest of Frederick Philipse, of Philipse
manor.
Slavery continued to exist,without any protest against
it, until the Quakers took…
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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §139
— …About the year 1698 a cargo of negroes
brought from the coast of Guinea was landed at Rye,
in the interest of Frederick Philipse, of Philipse
manor.
Slavery continued to exist,without any protest against
it, until the Quakers took…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §3640
— …This was
eleven years after the formation of the Manor of
Scarsdale; so it is probable that the figures ap])ly to
the whole manor, and not to the town in its present
extent. At this date the inhabitants numbered…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §3047
— …When
the Legislature seemed about to pass laws intended
to crush the efforts of the Abolitionists, by prohibiting the publication and circulation of Anti-Slavery
documents, he charged the grand jury of the county
that any laws tending to prevent…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §3082
— During his college days the Anti-Slavery
movement began to be the all-absorbing topic of the
hour, but there are few of the rising generation who
can appreciate the difficulties which a young man of
talent and ancestral name…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §3642
— …the half-century, while there
were at the same time in the town twenty free
colored persons.
About this time, 1799, the Legislature took steps
for the gradual abolition of slavery, and shortly afterwards the following document appears in the…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §3046
— …As early as 1815 he was the
means of organizing a temperance society, one of the
first in the country, which, at the time, seemed likely
to be overwhelmed with intemperance and its accompanying evils. He was one of the…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §3386
— …slavery question, together with many other papers on topics of
public interest. He studied law in the city of New
York and was admitted to the bar in 1839. His
residence of late years has been the old homestead at…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §3048
— When
the Legislature seemed about to pass laws intended
to crush the efforts of the Abolitionists, by prohibiting the publication and circulation of Anti-Slavery
documents, he charged the grand jury of the county
that any laws tending to prevent…
Brodhead, John Romeyn. History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691). New York: Harper & Brothers, 1853.
…at an early day, of a good ordinance. To the end that the worthy patriots and the well meaning people in that country may no
longer be frustrated in their hope, but entirely relieved and released from oppression and
slavery…
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History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691) §1079
— …at an early day, of a good ordinance. To the end that the worthy patriots and the well meaning people in that country may no
longer be frustrated in their hope, but entirely relieved and released from oppression and
slavery…
History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691) §1080
— …at an early day, of a good ordinance. To the end that the worthy patriots and the well meaning people in that country may no
longer be frustrated in their hope, but entirely relieved and released from oppression and
slavery…
History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691) §702
— a war for a great cause." From all that has been here stated on the subject of war, it can
readily be concluded how prudently we must proceed in the matter; and how hazardous it is
to engage in it…
History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691) §703
— …If we did not
live in peace with these surrounding Indians before they were slaughtered, in February, 1643,
on Jan de Lacher's hook, near Jan Evertsen's bouwery at Pavonia, and behind Curler's
plantation on the Island of…
History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691) §266
— …it is to be considered with what longing the Company has been expected, for many
years, by all good Patriots at home, and all good wishers of our state abroad ; and how slowly
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it has been…
History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691) §265
— …it is to be considered with what longing the Company has been expected, for many
years, by all good Patriots at home, and all good wishers of our state abroad ; and how slowly
History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691) §1296
— The Company conveyed thither, at its own expense, cattle and a number of people built ;
many persons who, on arriving from Holland, were poor and in distress,
a fortress, succored
and furnished them with clothing and provisions, and now that…
History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691) §488
— …manor
or feudal estate, whereof acte shall issue to the Petitioner in due form.
Power to Kiliaen Van Rensselaer to devise his estate in New NeiJierland.
[ From the AcU boek of the States General In the Eoyal Archives at the…
John MacLean Macdonald, 1790-1863. In The McDonald Papers, Part II, Chapter 9, Publications of the WCHS, Vol. V. 1926-27. Biographical sketch.
"The movement which culminated in the dedication of a monument at this place to the soldiers of the Revolution, had its inception in the desire to honor the memory of the sturdy patriots who by their courage and valor well…
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The McDonald Papers, Part II, Chapter 9: John MacLean Macdonald (biographical sketch) §14
— "The movement which culminated in the dedication of a monument at this place to the soldiers of the Revolution, had its inception in the desire to honor the memory of the sturdy patriots who by their courage and valor well…
The McDonald Papers, Part II, Chapter 9: John MacLean Macdonald (biographical sketch) §13
— …7-8. "The movement which culminated in the dedication of a monument at this place to the soldiers of the Revolution, had its inception in the desire to honor the memory of the sturdy patriots who by their courage and…
The McDonald Papers, Part II, Chapter 9: John MacLean Macdonald (biographical sketch) §15
— Nowhere else was the country so devasted, nowhere greater suffering, severer trials, but to the everlasting praise of the patriots of this manor be it said, they 'yielded not;' their endurance was like the granite of these hills. "An old…
The McDonald Papers, Part II, Chapter 9: John MacLean Macdonald (biographical sketch) §8
— …He knew what it was to be dependent upon the knowledge and skill of others; he manfully persisted in spite of his handicap and victory was finally his just as surely as it came to the Patriots after years of…
The McDonald Papers, Part II, Chapter 9: John MacLean Macdonald (biographical sketch) §1
— …The principal views of their formation appear to be a harmo-nious establishment of a regular practice of physic throughout the county, and an immediate compliance of the law of the Legislature of the State, made at the last session…
The McDonald Papers, Part II, Chapter 9: John MacLean Macdonald (biographical sketch) §0
— JOHN MACALEAN MACDONALD
1790-1863
(FACSIMILIE SIGNITURE)1
John MacLean Macdonald was the eldest son of Dr. Archibald Macdonald and Flora MacLean, his wife, and was born Dec. 27, 1790 at Franklin, Dutchess County, N.Y. (now Patterson…
The McDonald Papers, Part II, Chapter 9: John MacLean Macdonald (biographical sketch) §12
— …Scharf, was a manuscript which was later deposited in the Lenox Library, but inquiry at the New York Public Library, which afterward acquired the Lenox Library, has disclosed no such manuscript there."
The following article is from Caleb Roscoe's…
The McDonald Papers, Part II, Chapter 9: John MacLean Macdonald (biographical sketch) §2
— …John, the eldest, born Dec. 27, 1790; Alexander, born 1791 and died at Batavia, in the Island of Java, Aug. 15, 1823; Allan born Nov. 21, 1794, and died Jan. 8, 1862; Archibald born March 10, 1799, died Sept. 8…
Raymond, Marcius D., editor and publisher. Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication, at Tarrytown, N.Y., October 19th, 1894. Tarrytown, NY, 1894.
…A sketch of the Odell family, so long occupying a prominent
place on this Manor and in the County of Westchester, is well given
here, furnishing as it did some of the most active and prominent patriots
of the Revolution…
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Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication at Tarrytown §152
— …A sketch of the Odell family, so long occupying a prominent
place on this Manor and in the County of Westchester, is well given
here, furnishing as it did some of the most active and prominent patriots
of the Revolution…
Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication at Tarrytown §407
— THE OLD MANOR HOUSE.
first Lord of the Manor had his home there, and made it the seat of his
temporal sovereignty. Rev. J. Selden Spencer, in his Centennial address delivered at Tarry town, July 4th, 1876, said of it…
Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication at Tarrytown §285
— …Gabriel Requa' >
Company."
At the Town Meeting held on Philipse Manor, the 7th. day of
April, 1778, -- for notwithstanding the turmoil of the Revolution, the
Annual Town Meeting was held by these sturdy Patriots, as the records
tersely state, "as…
Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication at Tarrytown §286
— At the Town Meeting held on Philipse Manor, the 7th. day of
April, 1778, -- for notwithstanding the turmoil of the Revolution, the
Annual Town Meeting was held by these sturdy Patriots, as the records
tersely state, "as usual ! '' -- James Requa…
Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication at Tarrytown §74
— …The company was liable to be called out at anytime on alarms and most
of those so enrolled were doubtless often on duty. They were of the
"Minute Men" of the Manor, who when not necessarily under arms
were engaged…
Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication at Tarrytown §45
— …To
the everlasting credit of the patriots of this manor, be it -said that no
act of inhumanity, even by way of retaliation, stains their peerless
record.
The great majority of them, happily, survived the war, enjoyed
the glad time…
Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication at Tarrytown §4
— i movement which culminated in the dedication of a
monument at this place to the soldiers of the Revolution, had its inception in the desire to honor the memory of the sturdy patriots who by their courage and valor
well…
Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication at Tarrytown §376
— …Delancey's quarters at Morrisania and took Capt. Totten and 14
Refugees prisoners. Born in the town of Westchester, Mar. 13, 1755.
The Oakley family were active Patriots during the Revolution. Stephen Oakley was a Captain, John a Lieutenant, James…
Hogue, O. Wendell, and Veronica Gilbert Agne. “A Brief Historical Sketch of Croton-on-Hudson.” In Croton on Hudson Golden Jubilee, 1898-1948, September Nineteenth to Twenty-Sixth. Croton-on-Hudson, NY: Croton Golden Jubilee Committee, 1948. Seq 14 only — additional pages not yet extracted from HathiTrust htid nyp.33433062496793.
…VAN CORTLANDT MANOR Andre ' and Arnold have caused many versions of it to be written . One as- pect which none of them contradict , however , reflects with credit upon the Croton - on - Hudson patriots . The British warship " Vulture " an- chored above…
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Croton on Hudson Golden Jubilee, 1898-1948 (Brief Historical Sketch) §5
— …VAN CORTLANDT MANOR Andre ' and Arnold have caused many versions of it to be written . One as- pect which none of them contradict , however , reflects with credit upon the Croton - on - Hudson patriots . The British warship " Vulture " an- chored above…
Croton on Hudson Golden Jubilee, 1898-1948 (Brief Historical Sketch) §4
— …While Lord of the Manor he entertained many dignitaries , including George Washington , Ben- jamin Franklin , Lafayette , Steuben and De Rochambeau . Pierre Van Cortlandt died at the Manor House on May 1 , 1814 . The next head of the Manor was Philip…
Croton on Hudson Golden Jubilee, 1898-1948 (Brief Historical Sketch) §3
— …After the Dutch came it was called Teller's Point for over a hundred years . The Van Cortlandts In the year 1681 , Stephanus Van Cortlandt built the Van Cortlandt Manor House on the Albany Post Road at the Croton River…
Croton on Hudson Golden Jubilee, 1898-1948 (Brief Historical Sketch) §2
— …After the Dutch came it was called Teller's Point for over a hundred years . The Van Cortlandts In the year 1681 , Stephanus Van Cortlandt built the Van Cortlandt Manor House on the Albany Post Road at the Croton River .
Croton on Hudson Golden Jubilee, 1898-1948 (Brief Historical Sketch) §14
— …Elected by the people at the reg- ular village election , the Police Jus- tice serves a four - year term . The Pubic Works Department consists of the Superintendent , a general foreman , three motor - equip- ment operators and eight laborers . At the…
Croton on Hudson Golden Jubilee, 1898-1948 (Brief Historical Sketch) §15
— …The people at home united to give material and spiritual help to those in the armed forces . Jules Fisher represented the village on the Draft Board for the duration of the war . They carried on until Japan surrendered in August…
Croton on Hudson Golden Jubilee, 1898-1948 (Brief Historical Sketch) §18
— The Chairman at present is Ralph Bickford . Croton Swimming Association Starting with 216 members , in July 1938 , the Croton Swimming Association has increased its mem- bership to 415. The Association supervises and operates such pools and adjacent grounds as may…
Croton on Hudson Golden Jubilee, 1898-1948 (Brief Historical Sketch) §21
— …Its membership at the present time is 300 . First Church of Christ Scientist First Church of Christ , Scientist , Harmon , was organized and a church building erected on Young Avenue , Harmon , in 1926 , at which time the community cooperated in the…
Shonnard, Frederic, and W.W. Spooner. History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900. New York: The New York History Company, 1900.
…He urged them, as patriots and freemen, to dismiss all prejudice
from their minds and determine from the facts whether the accused had not really published the truth, or what represented legitimate public opinion, which he had the right to…
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History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §500
— …He urged them, as patriots and freemen, to dismiss all prejudice
from their minds and determine from the facts whether the accused had not really published the truth, or what represented legitimate public opinion, which he had the right to…
History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1298
— …140; of Fordham Manor, 145: of Croton Point by the Tellers.
166; of Ryck's Patent. 107: of Oortlandt Manor.
168; of New Rochelle by the Huguenots. 174;
of Mamaroneck. 176; of Harrison by John
Harrison and others. 215: of…
History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1112
— …Peter Augustus Jay resided for most of his life in New York City,
where lie was a prominent lawyer and citizen, lie tilled various importa.nt public positions, was a leading anti-slavery advocate, and
was president of the New…
History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §867
— …the
of Pierre
firm adhesion
head of the family, to the patriot cause, the
Manor House at Croton became an unsafe nabitation. and the Van Cortlandts were obliged
to take up their
residence
in the Peekskill
house.
History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1209
— …all the rears of the slavery agitation were not to be
resigned when the long expected crisis arrived. On the other hand, the sentiment in the county favorable to the
national policies for which Mr. Lincoln stood at the election…
History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1097
— …In accordance with this proposition, the legislature passed an acton the
31st of March, 1817, and at the prescribed time slavery was wiped off the statute books of
the State of New York. " Of all the able men who have…
History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §997
— …It was a
The object of Tallmadge's attack on the captors in congress was
to establish that they were not disinterested patriots, but ordinary
thieving adventurers of the Neutral Ground. This was his private
opinion as an American officer…
History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1210
— …Many years have
passed since this incident, but, taken in connection with the Rebellion
which soon followed, and the tragic and dastardly scenes in it, it
illustrates the dangers in public life at the time and the unflinching
determination of…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…But we know that slavery was coeval with the foundation of Rome for although Romu-
;
lus, as it is related by Livy, at the commencement, and in order to increase its popula-
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A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §605
— …But we know that slavery was coeval with the foundation of Rome for although Romu-
;
lus, as it is related by Livy, at the commencement, and in order to increase its popula-
A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §606
— …But we know that slavery was coeval with the foundation of Rome for although Romu-
;
lus, as it is related by Livy, at the commencement, and in order to increase its popula-
218 MEMOIR OP THE
tion, made his new…
A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §604
— …These were the two great works of republican Rome, but they were cemented by
the blood of slavery, and defrayed by the spoils robbed from the conquered and the
A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §614
— …The whole work was executed by contractors, employing free labor, was paid for by
a single city, where slavery is t unknown, and is designed and calculated to supply the
wants of any population which that city can sustain. Its…
A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §608
— …At this time the Romans as well as the 1 ^atins continued to pay war- taxes, land-taxes,
property-taxes the tithe of the demesne, lands brought large sums in, and the tolls had
;
A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §613
— …The whole work was executed by contractors, employing free labor, was paid for by
a single city, where slavery is t unknown, and is designed and calculated to supply the
wants of any population which that city can sustain.
A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §190
— In the course of a few hours the water rose to the
surface and discharged itself at the rate of 600,000 gallons per hour. The depth attained
was six hundred and two yards. The pipe by which the water…
A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §191
— " The
opportunity of ascertaining the temperature of the earth at great depths was
not neglected during the progress of the works at Grenelle. Thermometers placed at a
depth of thirty yards in the wells of the Paris Observatory invariably stand…
Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition.
…The career of Leisler had drawn party lines very distinctly, and some of the governors
could not have been welcome at the manor-house. After the Revolution such staunch patriots were ever welcome, as Governor George Clinton (whose daughter was…
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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §484
— …The career of Leisler had drawn party lines very distinctly, and some of the governors
could not have been welcome at the manor-house. After the Revolution such staunch patriots were ever welcome, as Governor George Clinton (whose daughter was…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §485
— …Livingston had his quarters while watching
the Vulture, off Teller's (now Croton) Point, at the time of the treason
of Arnold. There Lafayette, and Rochambeau, and the Duke de Lauzun, were entertained; and the manor-house was always open…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §1246
— …John White, manor of Pelham, the youngest son of Peter Jay Munro.
THE TOWN OF MAMARONECK.
the framers of the late constitution of this State. By his wife Margaret
White, Mr. Munro left two sons, Henry and John, besides several…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §1247
— …Mount Pleasant has been separated from the old town of the same name,
and erected into a distinct township ; a both having been formally included in the Manor of Philipsburgh. It is situated six miles north-west
of the village…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §1310
— …appears from the ancient records of the
Dutch church, where her name occurs, as first on the list of its members,
in 1697.
a It is a well-known fact, that slavery existed In this county at an early period…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §1894
— …A
revival of its prosperity, however, occurred about 1801, under the Rev. Mr. McNiece. This gentleman is said to have been one of the Irish
patriots of 179J, who left his country at the same time with Emmet,
Adrain, McNeven…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §1893
— …A
revival of its prosperity, however, occurred about 1801, under the Rev. Mr. McNiece. This gentleman is said to have been one of the Irish
patriots of 179J, who left his country at the same time with Emmet,
Adrain, McNeven…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §486
— …Governor of the Commonwealth. He espoused the cause of the patriots at the beginning. Crowr officers
in America tried to win him to the Tory side. In 1774, Gov. Tryon
essayed to seduce him. The event is best related in…
crotonhistory.org
1833. According to Bauman Rare Books, his book is important because of its “compelling descriptions of Niagara Falls, the election of Andrew Jackson, the brutality of slavery, and the majesty of the West.” Both volumes are available free on Google
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Croton Cider Then Now §15
— 1833. According to Bauman Rare Books, his book is important because of its “compelling descriptions of Niagara Falls, the election of Andrew Jackson, the brutality of slavery, and the majesty of the West.” Both volumes are available free on Google
Croton Cider Then Now §3
— …Click the image to start the slideshow (and don’t miss the footnotes at the bottom of the page). Thompson’s Cider Mill has been in operation for 37 years. The orchard
Croton Cider Then Now §10
— …Apple juice and cider were legal tender for the cobbler, the tailor, the lawyer, the doctor, and there is at least one record . . . of a farmer’s
Croton Cider Then Now §4
— is located behind the mill building. Each batch of cider contains a mixture of apple varieties—some tart, some sweet. Fifty percent of the apples used are grown at Thompson’s, the rest come from other local orchards. One of…
Croton Cider Then Now §11
— paying for his daughter’s schooling with cider.” Conklin’s operation was described by James Stuart, who travelled north through the Croton area with his wife in September-October, 1829. After spending the night at “a second rate hotel, near…
Croton Cider Then Now §0
— Ad for “Pure and Very Old Wine & Cider Vinegar” for sale at Croton Point from the Highland Democrat , June 17, 1893. If you want to introduce kids to Croton’s agricultural heritage, take them to Thompson’s Cider Mill on…
Croton Cider Then Now §8
— squeezed out of the mash by the tremendous pressure of the press. Visitors can sample the cider, right out of the press. The leftover mash is used as compost or fed to pigs. The Stone Barns Center in Pocantico Hills…
Croton Cider Then Now §7
— is full the corners are folded over and the frame is removed. A sheet of wooden slats is placed over the blanket full of mash and the process is repeated. When all the blankets are full, they’re pulled under…
en.wikipedia.org
Revolution United States military personnel killed in the American Revolutionary War Patriots in the American Revolution Native American people from Massachusetts Hidden categories: Webarchive template wayback links Articles with short description
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Daniel Nimham §70
— Revolution United States military personnel killed in the American Revolutionary War Patriots in the American Revolution Native American people from Massachusetts Hidden categories: Webarchive template wayback links Articles with short description
Daniel Nimham §57
— 2015-01-13 . ^ Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico , Vol.3, Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, 1912 ^ Patrick Frazier , The Mohicans of Stockbridge ^ "Mt. Nimham: The Ridge of Patriots", Thomas F. Maxon, Rangerville Press,
Daniel Nimham §26
— justification that the Wappinger had been defrauded of their lands. [ 9 ] The New York Council, dominated by manor lords, threw out Nimham's claim and jailed his legal advisor, Samuel Munrow, for "high misdemeanors". [ 10 ] Undeterred, In 1766,
Daniel Nimham §18
— part of the Town of Kent as late as 1811. [ 8 ] Land claims [ edit ] In 1697, Adolphus Philipse , a wealthy New York City merchant and son of the first lord of Philipsburg Manor purchased land from two Dutch squatters, Jan…
Daniel Nimham §13
— father "One Shake” / Cornelius Nimham and at the Stockbridge Mission in Stockbridge, Mass. , which the Wappinger had visited in the 1740s. After 1746, Nimham’s residence was at Westenhuck, near Great Barrington, Massachusetts. In 1755, during King
Daniel Nimham §37
— marks a trail to the battlefield. [ citation needed ] Mohican Sachem Hendrick Aupaumut and others of the tribe petitioned the General Court for compensation for the losses at the Battle of Kingsbridge, dated September 22, 1778. "Our young men have
Daniel Nimham §21
— They had moved their families to the Christian Indian mission settlement at Stockbridge, for the duration of the war. When the men returned, they found their land rented by the Philipses to tenant farmers. While there is speculation that Daniel
Daniel Nimham §42
— American Revolution dedicated the Chief Nimham Memorial at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, New York. [ 13 ] In 1937 a bronze plaque was dedicated to the Sachem Daniel Nimham. The plaque was mounted to a boulder. Sculptor Michael Keropian removed…
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or desperately wounded." ^ Historical and Genealogical Record Dutchess and Putnam Counties, New York, Press of the A. V. Haight Co., Poughkeepsie, New York, 1912 ^ "Mt. Nimham: The Ridge of Patriots", Thomas F. Maxon, Rangerville Press, Kent, New
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Kitchawank §95
— or desperately wounded." ^ Historical and Genealogical Record Dutchess and Putnam Counties, New York, Press of the A. V. Haight Co., Poughkeepsie, New York, 1912 ^ "Mt. Nimham: The Ridge of Patriots", Thomas F. Maxon, Rangerville Press, Kent, New
Kitchawank §71
— edit ] Hudson Valley portal The Wappinger are the namesake of several areas in New York, including: Town of Wappinger Village of Wappingers Falls Wappinger Creek Wappinger Trail, Briarcliff Manor, New York Broadway in New York City also follows their
Kitchawank §12
— Wars (on behalf of the English) and American Revolution (in support of the Colonists). He died with his son Abraham in a slaughter of the Stockbridge Militia at the Battle of Kingsbridge in 1778. [ 10 ] Following the war, [ 11 ] what…
Kitchawank §29
— southeastern New York. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] 17th century [ edit ] The Wappinger first came into contact with Europeans in 1609, when Henry Hudson's expedition reached this territory on the Half Moon . [ 9 ] The total population of the Wappinger people at
Kitchawank §60
— eastern group at the mouth of the Connecticut River , in present-day Middlesex County , Connecticut Kitchawank, lived in northern Westchester County , New York in the area of Croton-on-Hudson, New York , site of the oldest oyster-shell middens found
Kitchawank §76
— …11, Issue 1 ^ Boesch, Eugene, J., Native Americans of Putnam County Archived 2015-02-13 at the Wayback Machine ^ a b c Ruttenber, E.M. (1906). "Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's…
Kitchawank §27
— earliest recorded European contact, their settlements included camps along the major rivers between the Hudson and Housatonic , with larger villages located at the river mouths. [ 27 ] Settlements near fresh water and arable land could remain in one
Kitchawank §61
— on the North Atlantic Coast. There they built a large, fortified village, called Navish, at the neck of Croton Point. [ 45 ] Massaco , along the Farmington River in Connecticut Nochpeem, in southern portions of present-day Dutchess and western [ 46 ]
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wounded." ^ Historical and Genealogical Record Dutchess and Putnam Counties, New York, Press of the A. V. Haight Co., Poughkeepsie, New York, 1912 ^ "Mt. Nimham: The Ridge of Patriots", Thomas F. Maxon, Rangerville Press, Kent, New York, 2005, p. 25,
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Wappinger §95
— wounded." ^ Historical and Genealogical Record Dutchess and Putnam Counties, New York, Press of the A. V. Haight Co., Poughkeepsie, New York, 1912 ^ "Mt. Nimham: The Ridge of Patriots", Thomas F. Maxon, Rangerville Press, Kent, New York, 2005, p. 25,
Wappinger §71
— the namesake of several areas in New York, including: Town of Wappinger Village of Wappingers Falls Wappinger Creek Wappinger Trail, Briarcliff Manor, New York Broadway in New York City also follows their ancient trail. [ 55 ] Notable Wappinger [
Wappinger §29
— 29 ] 17th century [ edit ] The Wappinger first came into contact with Europeans in 1609, when Henry Hudson's expedition reached this territory on the Half Moon . [ 9 ] The total population of the Wappinger people at that time has been estimated…
Wappinger §76
— Americans of Putnam County Archived 2015-02-13 at the Wayback Machine ^ a b c Ruttenber, E.M. (1906). "Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and…
Wappinger §59
— Wappinger, headed by sachems , have been described as including: Wappinger (proper), lived on the east side of the Hudson River in present-day Dutchess County , New York Hammonasset , an eastern group at the mouth of the Connecticut River , in
Wappinger §12
— English) and American Revolution (in support of the Colonists). He died with his son Abraham in a slaughter of the Stockbridge Militia at the Battle of Kingsbridge in 1778. [ 10 ] Following the war, [ 11 ] what was left of a combined…
Wappinger §27
— contact, their settlements included camps along the major rivers between the Hudson and Housatonic , with larger villages located at the river mouths. [ 27 ] Settlements near fresh water and arable land could remain in one location for about 20
Wappinger §5
— …At the time of first contact in the 17th century they were primarily based in what is now Dutchess County, New York , but their territory included the
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1850.
…Sailers of the
City of Mew-York, following their lawfull Occupation, were taken
into Salley, where they are now in miserable Slavery, under the
Power of the Infidell, and that their Relations are not able to
advance a sufficient Ransom…
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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III §746
— …Sailers of the
City of Mew-York, following their lawfull Occupation, were taken
into Salley, where they are now in miserable Slavery, under the
Power of the Infidell, and that their Relations are not able to
advance a sufficient Ransom…
Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III §747
— …Slavery of the said. Persons, granted, & do
by these presents grant Lisence or Liberty to the said Warner
Wessells & Antie Christians, to ask and receive the free and
charitable Benevolence of all Christian People under my
Government, as well at…
Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III §748
— …Given under my Hand and Seal at Fort William Henry the 8th
Day 0/ June, 1693.
Ben. Fletcher.
The same Lisense or Liberty w^h is given to y® friends of ye
within named Prisoners . I give likewise to the…
Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III §1256
— …the inhabitants within the
limitls and bounds of the said Manor, that it sliall and may be
likewise lawfull to and for the inhabitants of the said Lordship
and Manor once every year at such time and place as the…
Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III §1257
— …the inhabitants within the
limitls and bounds of the said Manor, that it sliall and may be
likewise lawfull to and for the inhabitants of the said Lordship
and Manor once every year at such time and place as the…
Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III §1900
— …This conduct, however harmless,
gave great offence to our flaming patriots, who laid it down as a
maxim, " That tiiose Avho were not for them were against tliem."
The Clergy were everywhere threatened, often reviled with
the most opprobious language…
Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III §1234
— …the Colony
of New York at all times hereafter with the priviledge for the
inhabitants within tlie s^ manor to choose two constables for the
keeping of the peace & other publick services within the s'i
manor and whereas the…
Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III §1255
— …699
ments at the said Court Leet and Court Baron to be sett,
forfeited, or imposed, payable or happening at any time to be
paya1:)le by any of the inhabitants of or Avitliin the said Lordship
and Manor and…
Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…a state of slavery and oppression than we seem to be aware of. So
far already have we advanced towards it, thatall internal order and subordination
is nearly at an end amongst us. The authority of the civil magistrate is…
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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §501
— …a state of slavery and oppression than we seem to be aware of. So
far already have we advanced towards it, thatall internal order and subordination
is nearly at an end amongst us. The authority of the civil magistrate is…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §500
— …Liberty and licentiousness
are nearly allied to each other ; like wit and madness, there is but a thin
partition between them ; and, licentiousness invariably leads to slavery. Almost every page of history will furnish abundant proofs of the truths of…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §242
— …By his unwearied efforts in repeatedly pressing the subject upon the attention of the legislature,
slavery was finally abolished in the state of New York.
The subject of public education and morals, was always near
his heart. Tiie benevolent feelings…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §1000
— …but the prelude to a massacre ; the patriots therefore lay snugly
concealed until their departure.
The following extracts from the town records, relate to the
first election of town officers, in 1756, and immediately subsequent to the Revolution.
"At a…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §995
— …I., a descendant of the celebrated John Bowne of that place, who was born at Matlock, Derbyshire, England, March 9ih, 1627. The adjoining estate is occupied by the sons of the late John Bowne, Esq.
» Travels and Adventures of Capt…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §772
— …brave patriots lie pillowed in the
dust? When will justice be rendered to the memory of the
brave and illustrious dead who fell in the noble cause of freedom?
■m^' -■ HISTORY OF THE
The parsonage is situated at a short…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §502
— …the choice either of peace or war ; of happiness or misery, of freedom or slavery ; and surely we cannot hesitate a moment which to choose. By proceeding in a firm, but in a peaceable, loyal
and constitutional manner, in the…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §930
— …Here, in 1777, a memorable engagement took place
between the two British frigates the Rose, and the Phoeni.K,
which lay off at anchor, and the gun boats of the patriots which
sallied out of the harbor of Yonkers, having…
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the other patriots took in White Plains. The heading of the vellum copy reads “The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America.” Reading of the Declaration of Independence, White Plains, July 11, 1776. From a painting by George
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Resolved Unanimously July 9 1776 §19
— the other patriots took in White Plains. The heading of the vellum copy reads “The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America.” Reading of the Declaration of Independence, White Plains, July 11, 1776. From a painting by George
Resolved Unanimously July 9 1776 §0
— On the afternoon of July 9, 1776, at the Court House in White Plains, Colonel Pierre Van Cortlandt voted to approve the Declaration of Independence. He was one of eleven deputies from Westchester County at the meeting of “the Provincial…
Resolved Unanimously July 9 1776 §14
— unavoidable, we approve the same, and will, at the risk of our lives and fortunes, join with the other Colonies in supporting it.” The Representatives (of what they now referred to as the State of New-York) also resolved that…
Resolved Unanimously July 9 1776 §2
— …The meeting took place at a time of high drama. As the Continental Congress was meeting in Philadelphia to declare independence (on July 2) and to approve the text of the declaration (on July 4) the British were assembling, in…
Resolved Unanimously July 9 1776 §9
— Benjamin Smith, who “refused to take the oath” and “accordingly withdrew.” After dispensing with other business “a Letter from the Delegates of the Colony at Continental Congress of the 2nd July . . . on the subject of Independence, and requesting
Resolved Unanimously July 9 1776 §23
— Three other copies are at the New York Public Library, the Huntington Library and the Cincinnati History Library and Archives. An additional copy is in private hands. ↩ It was not signed on July 4th and some signatures were not added…
Resolved Unanimously July 9 1776 §7
— instructions from the Provincial Congress—had been the only delegation to abstain from the July 2 independence resolution—preventing the vote from being unanimous. The Provincial Congress began the July 9 meeting in the morning by electing officers.
Resolved Unanimously July 9 1776 §11
— recorded in the minutes. The letters and the Declaration were then referred to a committee chaired by John Jay. When the Provincial Congress reconvened that afternoon “the Committee appointed to take into consideration the letter from our Delegates
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…André was hanged in the tiny Rockland County hamlet of Tappan on October 2, 1780. Today, the cannon used by the patriots sits in front of the Peekskill Museum. Sherwood is buried in Ossining’s Sparta Cemetery. Lorraine Hansberry was…
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The Graven Images of Bethel Cemetery §66
— …André was hanged in the tiny Rockland County hamlet of Tappan on October 2, 1780. Today, the cannon used by the patriots sits in front of the Peekskill Museum. Sherwood is buried in Ossining’s Sparta Cemetery. Lorraine Hansberry was…
The Graven Images of Bethel Cemetery §24
— …After staying at the Croton Manor House, Garretson reports, “I preached in the new church to a few.” Francis Asbury, who became the first bishop of the Methodist Church in America in 1784 and founded
The Graven Images of Bethel Cemetery §36
— of the “Zuricher circle” are especially well represented at the Old Dutch Burying Ground at Sleepy Hollow. A tree that has been an important part of the lore of the churchyard cemetery is the willow, weeping or otherwise. Its popularity…
The Graven Images of Bethel Cemetery §25
— the Methodist system of circuit-riding, preached at Bethel in 1795, 1812 and 1817. The only known image depicting a camp meeting in Croton was published in The Zion Songster: A Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Generally Sung at…
The Graven Images of Bethel Cemetery §64
— …There they fired on the British frigate “Vulture” which was waiting to pick up Major John André, who at the
The Graven Images of Bethel Cemetery §72
— reveal the past of our community and country. From these stone artifacts we can learn about local residents whose lives were documented at the time, inscribed by carvers who were their neighbors in the village. Names of the famous, the…
The Graven Images of Bethel Cemetery §57
— pervasive of all the Revival forms of cemetery art. There is hardly a cemetery founded from 1800-1850 without some form of Egyptian influence. Napoleon’s 1798-99 Egyptian campaigns, the discoveries at the tombs of the Pharoahs, and the…
The Graven Images of Bethel Cemetery §42
— …The different stages of a rose indicated the person’s age at time of death. The dove symbolized Christian love, innocence, gentleness and devotion, as well
Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. II. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…The summer range around there was good,
and the valley produced good hay for winter. This brought about the building of the ranch
at that point about 1877.
The earlier years had witnessed activity in
the same vicinity. Carleton Clinton…
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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §439
— …The summer range around there was good,
and the valley produced good hay for winter. This brought about the building of the ranch
at that point about 1877.
The earlier years had witnessed activity in
the same vicinity. Carleton Clinton…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §907
— …Generally speaking, this particular
locality has been free from liquor consumption,
and the people of Deuel county consider John
Barleycorn as dead as slavery.
THE PRESS -- BANKS AND FINANCE --BENCH AND BAR-
FESSION -- FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS
MEDICAL PRO-
In the early…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §440
— None of the chroniclers of events along the Overland trail has
mentioned it, and the trail fell into disuse
about the time or shortly after slavery was
abolished.
The overland stage and the pony express
had a stopping place near…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §346
— …The signal fires that
burned at night on the hills the length of the
North Platte Valley, the signal smokes that
curled upward from the hills by day, the firearrows that marked lurid streaks across the
dark skies of the…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §1887
— Claude North, and residing at El Paso,
Illinois.
Samuel and Mrs. Oliver are now residing at
Readley, California, where the youngest
daughter Vera resides, and looks after
them. Mrs. Oliver has been helpless for sometime with creeping paralysis and Mr…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §1555
— …Then Woods took the initative and moved
the county be divided into voting precincts, and
this was seconded by Post. The precincts and
voting places were designated as follows:
"Wounded Knee" precinct at Henry Bredensteiner residence in section 17-34…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §1007
— This line was built
in 1907 and 1908, reaching Lewellen in 1907,
and the first train arriving at Oshkosh on August 8, 1908. In September a huge celebration
and barbecue was held at Oshkosh to show to
the world the…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §1888
— I
believe the Williams are all dead except H. V. (Vollie) who resides at Sidney. "Grandmother" Williams died at Caldwell, Kansas ;
Quincy, at Sidney; James R. (the father of
Vollie), at Sidney; George at Cassville, Perry
county, Missouri (in the…
Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881.
…Here that tribunal transacted business, disarmed the disaffected, and punished the incorrigible. Zephaniah Piatt and others, aided by six hundred Connecticut troops, disarmed
the Loyalists of Cortlandt's manor, during the winter of 1776. Here,
also, a convention of Congress…
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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.) §678
— …Here that tribunal transacted business, disarmed the disaffected, and punished the incorrigible. Zephaniah Piatt and others, aided by six hundred Connecticut troops, disarmed
the Loyalists of Cortlandt's manor, during the winter of 1776. Here,
also, a convention of Congress…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.) §657
— …for, at tliat time, they came with nearly their whole force. To liave fired
upon them, would have been but the prelude to a massacre; the patriots,
therefore, lay snugly concealed until their departure.
' The following extracts from the- town…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.) §677
— …But where shall we look for a monument, or even a stone, to mark the spot where these brave patriots lie
pillowed in tlie dust ? When will justice be rendered to the memory of
the brave and illustrious dead, who…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.) §655
— …Esq., one of the most active members of the Croton water
commissioners. The house occupies an elevated position, overlooking a
picturesque v.ile to the south-east.
The Methodist church is prettily situated at the foot of the hill, surrounded…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.) §586
— …in the rear, are fme views of
the river. • Here, in 1777, a memorable engagement took place between
the two British frigates, the Rose and the Phanix, which lay off at anchor, and the gun-boats of the patriots which…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.) §653
— …Directly south of the church, bordering
the Eastchester road, was the property of Mr. Valentine Odell. Here
a party of nine patriots were overtaken by a large company of DeLancey's horse, conmianded by Colonel Oliver Hatfield. The whole party…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.) §507
— …unto the said Frederick Philips, his heirs and assignees,
that all and singular the tenants of the said Frederick Philips, within the said
manor shall and may at all times hereafter meet together and choose assessors
within the manor aforesaid…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.) §656
— …for, at tliat time, they came with nearly their whole force. To liave fired
upon them, would have been but the prelude to a massacre; the patriots,
therefore, lay snugly concealed until their departure.
' The following extracts from the- town…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
But I beg of you
'' not to be now deceived, nor prevailed on to bring
" ruin and slavery on your country and posterity, by
" tasting of that detestable herb, which hath already
" been the cause of so much confusion. But…
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Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §255
— But I beg of you
'' not to be now deceived, nor prevailed on to bring
" ruin and slavery on your country and posterity, by
" tasting of that detestable herb, which hath already
" been the cause of so much confusion. But…
Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §254
— …It may be my creditor
" may answer, the produce will suit me, and then all
" will be well ; but if not, the promise will answer at
" this time, with every creditor that hath any spirit of
" patriotism. Now to the…
Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §573
— …loudly pretending to be "patriots," in harmony wilh similar
"patriots" in each of the other Colonies, all of them
zealously and noisily crowding the entire Continent
into an open and unqualified Rebellion, while, at the
same time, they were secretly…
Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §759
— …of the insults and outrages inflicted on those who were inclined
to object to the subject matters of those teachings, by those ale-house
"patriots," especially by Isaac Sears, may also be seen, iu the same
letter.
The attempted reply…
Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §258
— …any prejudice in his mind against the cause of truth
" & his country, or against any man or body of men,
'" especially those worthy men who have nobly stood
" forth and exerted themselves to save their country
" from slavery and destruction.
Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §758
— …of the insults and outrages inflicted on those who were inclined
to object to the subject matters of those teachings, by those ale-house
"patriots," especially by Isaac Sears, may also be seen, iu the same
letter.
The attempted reply…
Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §760
— …to be cheered, as " patriots," by their " Christian New
" England " neighbors.
The avowed purpose of that band of acknowledged
"banditti"' 2 was "to disarm the principal tories
" there," [at East and West Chester,] " and secure the
"persons of Parson Seabury…
Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §886
— …This was only a moderate specimen of what constituted the greater
portion of the "patriotism" of the Westchester-county revolutionists,
at that period.
6 BtepJien Ward to the Provincial Congress, "March 6, 1776."
« Ibid.
1 Journal of the Provincial Congress…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews (). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 2131. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…523
Coscob 926, 963, 964,
Column(R)
Cortlandt Patriots 205
Cortlandt Manor tories 205, 543, 554
Couch Mrs Joshua Compo Int 466, 470
County House, fight near 847
Coutant John & Isaiah, New Rochelle Int, 8, 393,
Coutant Miss 384
Cowboys…
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Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews §6
— …523
Coscob 926, 963, 964,
Column(R)
Cortlandt Patriots 205
Cortlandt Manor tories 205, 543, 554
Couch Mrs Joshua Compo Int 466, 470
County House, fight near 847
Coutant John & Isaiah, New Rochelle Int, 8, 393,
Coutant Miss 384
Cowboys…
Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews §28
— Column(L)
Paddock Lieut killed at Wards House 1102
Paine John hanger at N Salem 285
Paine Joseph 285
Paine Thos Farm Brit camp at 10
Palmen Wayans spy at Stoney Point 82
Palmer Denham Horse Neck Int 971
Palmer…
Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews §29
— …Manor 1062
Philipse House 375
fight 1781, 134
Colum(R)
Pine John guide 102, 121, 218
Pine Loo, child of Emmerick by colored woman 10,
Pine Peter guide from S.I. 121
Pine's Bridge 251, 252, 564,
Fort at…
Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews §4
— …420, 503
British camp at New Rochelle 8, 895
British ships off Sparta 659
British troops 527
Brown David Harrison Int. 51, 299, 881
Brown, Lieut John, Sheldon's Horse 40, 46, 49
Brown Major Round Hill Int. 228
Brown…
Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews §26
— …at Pugsleys 26
New Rochelle skirmish at (not at Ward's) 1776, 25
Column(R)
New Rochelle, Fight at Meyers (Davenport) Neck 456
New Rochelle roads 24
Nixon Col H.Q. at Brewers on the road to Robins Mills 295…
Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews §42
— Bush Rye (?) Int 888
White Lt Col Anthony Walton attempt on Delancey 670, 671
White Col Am 286, 366, 780, 881, 822
White Lt Col of Moylans 48, 306
White at New Rochelle 367
at Stanwich 356
White Col captured…
Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews §3
— …90
Blenis Ford over Croton 79, 124, 202, 240, 251, 255, 567
Column(L)
Blenis Ford, Fight at 568
Block house at West Farms 116, 119
Bloomer's at Rye Neck 293, 507
Blue Bell Tavern 340, 531, 668
Booth…
Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews §20
— …216
Lewis John House North St Refugees at 858
Lincoln Gen Benj. 103, 121, 374
Lincolns Gen H.Q. at W.P. at Davis(?) 259
Lilly's House Capt at Verpl. Pt. 237
Column(L)
"Little Stanton," Sloop 613
Lockwood…
Higgins, Alvin McCaslin. The Story of Croton. Paper read before the Ossining Historical Society, 1938. Published posthumously in The Quarterly Bulletin of the Westchester County Historical Society, Vol. 16, No. 3 (1940), pp. 49-63.
Cornelia Van Cortlandt, daughter of Lieutenant-Governor Pierre
Van Cortlandt, occupied the Van Cortlandt Manor House with her
husband, Gerard Beekman, during the Revolutionary days although,
afterwards, they settled in the old Beekman homestead at North Tarrytown. She was a…
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The Story of Croton §15
— Cornelia Van Cortlandt, daughter of Lieutenant-Governor Pierre
Van Cortlandt, occupied the Van Cortlandt Manor House with her
husband, Gerard Beekman, during the Revolutionary days although,
afterwards, they settled in the old Beekman homestead at North Tarrytown. She was a…
The Story of Croton §11
— Philip Verplanck sat
in the legislature at Albany as Representative from Cortlandt Manor
for thirty-four years--an all time record. He was paid six shillings
a day. Philip Van Cortlandt, being the eldest surviving son of Stephanus,
became the…
The Story of Croton §13
— An outstanding joy of his
later years was in 1824 when an express rider galloped up at midnight to the Manor House and awakened the General with the message
from the Marquis de la Lafayette, who had landed at the…
The Story of Croton §10
— …Philip Verplanck sat
in the legislature at Albany as Representative from Cortlandt Manor
for thirty-four years--an all time record. He was paid six shillings
a day. Philip Van Cortlandt, being the eldest surviving son of Stephanus,
became the…
The Story of Croton §14
— …Cornelia Van Cortlandt, daughter of Lieutenant-Governor Pierre
Van Cortlandt, occupied the Van Cortlandt Manor House with her
husband, Gerard Beekman, during the Revolutionary days although,
afterwards, they settled in the old Beekman homestead at North Tarrytown. She was a…
The Story of Croton §9
— …At the age
of fifty-seven, in the year 1700, when he died, he had fixed his indelible mark upon the new world. Gertrude Schuyler Van Cortlandt, his widow, lived for twentythree years after her husband died. The great Manor…
The Story of Croton §8
— …The quaint and precious Van Cortlandt Manor House on the
Albany Post Road at the Croton River was built in 1683. By 1697,
Stephanus had completed his accumulation of property and obtained
from Governor Fletcher and the Crown, the Royal…
The Story of Croton §23
— …During that century and a half, it is difficult to disentangle
Croton as a community from the Manor of Cortlandt. But after the Van Cortlandt empire had been dismembered, the
hum-drum days of trade and the ordinary ways and…
Cutul, Peter. Land Heist in the Highlands: Chief Daniel Nimham and the Wappinger Fight for Homeland. Hudson Highlands Land Trust, February 2025. https://hhlt.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Land-Heist-in-the-Highlands_Peter-Cutul-1.pdf
…The Ridge of Patriots, Historical Timeline (New York: Thomas Maxon, 2009),
29.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipse_Patent
In 1756, taking advantage of the fact that the Wappinger men were off fighting for the British in the
French and…
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Land Heist in the Highlands: Chief Daniel Nimham and the Wappinger Fight for Homeland §5
— …The Ridge of Patriots, Historical Timeline (New York: Thomas Maxon, 2009),
29.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipse_Patent
In 1756, taking advantage of the fact that the Wappinger men were off fighting for the British in the
French and…
Land Heist in the Highlands: Chief Daniel Nimham and the Wappinger Fight for Homeland §2
— …6 The property was described as a strip of land along the Hudson shore in the Highland,
"beginning at the north side of a hill called Anthony's Nose at a marked Red Seader Tree, and along said
River Northerly…
Land Heist in the Highlands: Chief Daniel Nimham and the Wappinger Fight for Homeland §7
— …Humphrey, Land and Liberty, Hudson Valley Riots In The Age of Revolution (Illinois: Northern Illinois
University Press), 66. Thomas F. Maxon, Mount Nimham: The Ridge of Patriots, Historical Timeline (New York: Thomas Maxon, 2009),
27. Thomas J. Humphrey, Land and…
Land Heist in the Highlands: Chief Daniel Nimham and the Wappinger Fight for Homeland §22
— …As early as 1774, Native Americans from Stockbridge
had met at the Red Lion Inn (later made famous in Norman Rockwell's 1967 Home for
Christmas painting of the Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas) pledging their loyalty to the American…
Land Heist in the Highlands: Chief Daniel Nimham and the Wappinger Fight for Homeland §12
— …Henry Noble MacCracken, Old Dutchess Forever! The Story of An American County (New York: Hastings House),
Thomas F. Maxon, Mount Nimham: The Ridge of Patriots, Historical Timeline (New York: Thomas Maxon, 2009),
27.
https://www.pawlingrecord.org/single-post/2018…
Land Heist in the Highlands: Chief Daniel Nimham and the Wappinger Fight for Homeland §13
— …Henry Noble MacCracken, Old Dutchess Forever! The Story of An American County (New York: Hastings House),
Thomas F. Maxon, Mount Nimham: The Ridge of Patriots, Historical Timeline (New York: Thomas Maxon, 2009),
27.
https://www.pawlingrecord.org/single-post/2018…
Land Heist in the Highlands: Chief Daniel Nimham and the Wappinger Fight for Homeland §21
— …As early as 1774, Native Americans from Stockbridge
had met at the Red Lion Inn (later made famous in Norman Rockwell's 1967 Home for
Christmas painting of the Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas) pledging their loyalty to the American…
Land Heist in the Highlands: Chief Daniel Nimham and the Wappinger Fight for Homeland §3
— …6 The property was described as a strip of land along the Hudson shore in the Highland,
"beginning at the north side of a hill called Anthony's Nose at a marked Red Seader Tree, and along said
River Northerly…
Ruttenber, E.M. History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River; their origin, manners and customs; tribal and sub-tribal organizations; wars, treaties, etc., etc. Albany: J. Munsell, 1872.
…with the Senecas, 68 ;
first war with the Dutch, 1205 sa
chems solicit peace, 128 ; Stuyvesant
holds conference with, 129; Indians
massacred at, 1335 renew hostilities,
135 j treaty of peace with (1660),
142; Stuyvesant sends chiefs into
slavery, 138…
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History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §918
— …with the Senecas, 68 ;
first war with the Dutch, 1205 sa
chems solicit peace, 128 ; Stuyvesant
holds conference with, 129; Indians
massacred at, 1335 renew hostilities,
135 j treaty of peace with (1660),
142; Stuyvesant sends chiefs into
slavery, 138…
History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §329
— maltreat any of the Indians, and that if the latter caught them
" to beat them on the head until
doing so, they were at liberty
could no longer be seen where their eyes stood."
it
The price
of cloth, however…
History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §917
— …with the Senecas, 68 ;
first war with the Dutch, 1205 sa
chems solicit peace, 128 ; Stuyvesant
holds conference with, 129; Indians
massacred at, 1335 renew hostilities,
135 j treaty of peace with (1660),
142; Stuyvesant sends chiefs into
slavery, 138…
History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §667
— …The privations
which the patriots suffered, they shared without a murmur
their devotion they never wearied.
;
in
When the tattered banners
of the struggle were folded away, they returned to their ancient
seats, and at the
head waters of the…
History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §614
— to the patriots, and exerted his influence
against them until the close of the war.
Soon after the
close of the
war he went
to England, and, on returning in
1785,
settled in Canada.
was appointed
He
superintendent and inspector…
History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §613
— …Expelled from his estate, his
property confiscated, his family in exile,
he
became an uncompromising enemy
to the patriots, and exerted his influence
against them until the close of the war.
Soon after the
close of the
war he went…
History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §668
— will I be buried."
The privations
which the patriots suffered, they shared without a murmur
their devotion they never wearied.
;
in
When the tattered banners
of the struggle were folded away, they returned to their ancient
seats, and at the…
History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §629
— …the hatchet against
the colonists, and held the Tuscaroras to neutrality ; while
those among the Lenapes, east of the Alleghanies, as well as the
domestic Lenape clans, joined them in an earnest support of
the patriots.
"
war-cry,
At White…
Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…to be divided between her grandson
Andrew, and the children of her son Oliver, deceased, the remaining fifth part
» It is a well known fact, that slavery existed in this county at an early period of its settlement, of which…
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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §706
— …to be divided between her grandson
Andrew, and the children of her son Oliver, deceased, the remaining fifth part
» It is a well known fact, that slavery existed in this county at an early period of its settlement, of which…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §363
— The Honorable Stephen Ward, above mentioned, was for many
years a judge of the county, and a firm patriot throughout the
Revolution. At an early period he appears to have been proscribed by the loyalist party, and a bounty set…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §734
— …The wild and romantic scenery of the glen, seems to favor
these superstitions.
In this vicinity, Jacob Acker and Isaac van Wart, two well
known patriots, made a bold attack upon a small party of British
cavalry. For the purpose…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §707
— …known fact, that slavery existed in this county at an early period of its settlement, of which abundant evidence can be produced, but no record appears that native Indians were enslaved until 1705, when we find the
following deed of…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §671
— …country, and during the war of the
revolution, distinguished themselves as brave and zealous patriots.
Upon the Flandreau hammock is placed the Premium Mills, the
property of William P. Kellogg, Esq. In this vicinity are the estates of James I…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §500
— " Sacred to the memory of IMajor Andr^, who, raised by his merit, at an early
period of life, to the rank of adjutant-general of the British forces in America, and
employed in an important, but hazardous enterprise, fell a…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §494
— …L 29
226 HISTORY OF THE
Upon the delivery of their prisoner, the seven patriots returned
to their different quarters, little imagining the importance of tlieir
prize. A little more than a month afterwards, (General Washington having recommended the captors…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §340
— …In October, 1776, a skirmish took place in this town between
the patriots, on their route from King's Bridge to Westchester,
and the enemy under Lord Howe.
For some time the Connecticut troops were billeted in the village.
On…
Ruttenber, E.M. Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware. Published in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. VI. 1906.
…Slote is from Dutch Shot. "Dutch, trench, moat."
"Sloops could enter the mouth of the creek, if lightly laden, at high tide,
through what, from its resemblance to a ditch, was called the Slote." (Hist. Rockl. Co.) The man or…
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Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names §543
— …Slote is from Dutch Shot. "Dutch, trench, moat."
"Sloops could enter the mouth of the creek, if lightly laden, at high tide,
through what, from its resemblance to a ditch, was called the Slote." (Hist. Rockl. Co.) The man or…
Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names §245
— To have and to hold the said farm with all and singular
the Rights, members and appurtenances thereof to my said Son
Tames, his heirs and assigns forever, which farm I valued only at
Seven hundred pounds, to him, and…
Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names §217
— …Unregulated, discharged from the ethical obligations which we owe to each other,
liberty is lost in anarchy, which is only consummate egoism. " The most aggravated forms of tyranny and slavery arise out
of the most extreme form of liberty," says…
Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names §205
— …His
theory of the state avoided, indeed, the absurdity of communism,
but recognized slavery and the subjection of women. Like many
of the modern Socialists, he denounced the taking of interest for
the use of money. Such political theories must…
Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names §544
— …it as the name of Tappan Creek, and no Hollander would have converted itinto Tappaan or Tappaen. The Palisade Range, which enters the State from New Jersey,
and borders the Hudson on the west, terminates abruptly at Piermont. Classed by…
Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names §133
— …limiting the death penalty ; and he had the support of
George Clinton and John Sloss Hobart in disapproving a measure
for the gradual abolition of slavery, because the legislature thought
it politically expedient to deprive colored men of the right…
Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names §246
— Therefore it is my Will She shall be free and I hereby manumit
her & make her free from Slavery but so as to Exclude and utterly
to Debar all and every person and persons whatsoever from making
any Covenant Bargain…
Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names §33
— At Oswego a counsel had been held a few weeks before, in order to enlist
in British service the other " nations " of the Iroquois, who were
assured that the King was a man of great power and that they
should…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1851.
…the New-Hampshire Grants, and also contemplate on
the friendship and union that hath lately taken place between
the government and those its former discontented subjects, in
making a united resistance against ministerial vengeance and
~ 920 CONTROVERSY RESPECTING THE _
slavery…
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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV §1705
— …the New-Hampshire Grants, and also contemplate on
the friendship and union that hath lately taken place between
the government and those its former discontented subjects, in
making a united resistance against ministerial vengeance and
~ 920 CONTROVERSY RESPECTING THE _
slavery…
Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV §1991
— …Duane, like most of the other patriots who had participated
in the Revolution, found it necessary, at the conclusion of the
war, to resort to business again for a livelihood, and he entered
New York with a firm determination to…
Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV §1981
— He was also a
subscriber to the fund for the relief of the Bostonians and to all
the public entertainments and celebrations given by the American
patriots in New-York in 1774 and beginning of 1775, and: in
addition to…
Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV §272
— The Princess was to carry the director and those two faithful
patriots away from New Netherland, but coming into the wrong
channel it struck upon a rock and was wrecked. And now this
wicked Kieft, seeing death before his eyes…
Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV §1990
— …Duane, like most of the other patriots who had participated
in the Revolution, found it necessary, at the conclusion of the
war, to resort to business again for a livelihood, and he entered
New York with a firm determination to…
Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV §1975
— …On arriving at the Exchange,
then in that street, the procession halted and he addressed the
citizens. He was present on the 5th September, the very day
appointed for the meeting of the Congress. _ The members assemibled at Smith's…
Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV §271
— …AT}
the orders of their High Mightinesses or fulfil the promises he
made them, or to satisfy the community, he immediately appointed Jap Jansen Damen, (one of those who had signed the request
to slaughter, the savages) as churchwarden.
E…
Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV §1980
— …He was also a
subscriber to the fund for the relief of the Bostonians and to all
the public entertainments and celebrations given by the American
patriots in New-York in 1774 and beginning of 1775, and: in
addition to…
Lossing, Benson John. The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea. New York: Virtue & Yorston, 1866. Internet Archive identifier: hudsonfromwilder00lossi. Illustrated travel-history of the Hudson River valley by the writer and artist Benson J. Lossing, whose chapter on Teller's / Croton Point is a primary source for Senasqua place-name etymology, Sarah Teller's 1682 purchase, and the Underhill vineyard.
…Elm Park, when the accompanying sketch was made (June, 1861),
was a sort ol camp of instruction for volunteers for the army of the
Bepublic, then engaged in crushing the great rebellion, in favour of
human slavery and political and…
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The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §506
— …Elm Park, when the accompanying sketch was made (June, 1861),
was a sort ol camp of instruction for volunteers for the army of the
Bepublic, then engaged in crushing the great rebellion, in favour of
human slavery and political and…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §507
— …Elm Park, when the accompanying sketch was made (June, 1861),
was a sort ol camp of instruction for volunteers for the army of the
Bepublic, then engaged in crushing the great rebellion, in favour of
human slavery and political and…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §238
— …He had already
built a manor-house, on a grassy point upon the banks of the Hudson, at
OLD CILIMON I
the mouth of Roeleffe Jansen's Kill, or Ancrain Creek, of which hardly a
vestige now remains.-'"
The lord…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §408
— …At the entrance gate to the mansion
grounds, at twilight, I met Colonel Pierre Van Cortlandt, the present
proprietor, and accepted his cordial invitation to partake of the hospitalities
of Jfiis house for the night.
(The Van Cortlandt Manor House…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §471
— …n'he chief attraction at Yonkers for the antiquary is the Philipse Manor
Hall, a spacious stone edifice, that once belonged to the lords of Philipse
Manor. The older portion was built in 1682. The present front, forming
an addition…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §237
— …He had already
built a manor-house, on a grassy point upon the banks of the Hudson, at
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §170
— …There in the midst of
rural scenery, the sounds of a swift-running brook,
and almost the quietude of a sylvan retreat, the " lord
manor of Rensselaerwyck," the lineal descendant of
Killian, the pearl merchant, and first Patroon, was living…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §472
— n'he chief attraction at Yonkers for the antiquary is the Philipse Manor
Hall, a spacious stone edifice, that once belonged to the lords of Philipse
Manor. The older portion was built in 1682. The present front, forming
an addition…
Pryer, Charles. The Neutral Ground. Half Moon Series, Vol. II, No. 5. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1898.
…Sabacription price for the 12 numbers, $1.00
The Second Series of the Half Moon
Papers will commence in January, 1898,
with a paper on "Slavery in Old New
York," by Edwin V. Morgan. "Tammany Hall," by Talcott Williams;
"Old…
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The Neutral Ground §51
— …Sabacription price for the 12 numbers, $1.00
The Second Series of the Half Moon
Papers will commence in January, 1898,
with a paper on "Slavery in Old New
York," by Edwin V. Morgan. "Tammany Hall," by Talcott Williams;
"Old…
The Neutral Ground §44
— …Among
the homesteads presented are: Brandon, Westover, Shirley, Marshall
House, Cliveden (Chew House), Morris House, Van Cortlandt
Manor-House, Oak Hill (The Home of the Livingstons^ Philipse
Manor-House, Jumel House (Fort Washine;ton), Smith House
(Sharon, Conn.), Pierce Homestead…
The Neutral Ground §43
— …Among
the homesteads presented are: Brandon, Westover, Shirley, Marshall
House, Cliveden (Chew House), Morris House, Van Cortlandt
Manor-House, Oak Hill (The Home of the Livingstons^ Philipse
Manor-House, Jumel House (Fort Washine;ton), Smith House
(Sharon, Conn.), Pierce Homestead…
The Neutral Ground §25
— …The party of a
hundred or more,ithe Royal
Refugees under Colonel De Lancey, were all
put into sleighs and driven rapidly through
Morrisania Manor towards Kingsbridge…
The Neutral Ground §29
— …Out of the British works at Kingsbridge
often rode Colonel Simcoe and Colonel Tarleton on expeditions against the "Rebels."
Sometimes success attended their efforts, and
at others they were fruitless. On at least one
Ubc **1Flcutual (3roun&"
of these occasions…
The Neutral Ground §6
— …Howe, seeing all this, sent two ships up the
Hudson to Bloomingdale, disembarked his
army on the other side of the Island at Kip's
Bay (near the foot of the present East 34th
Street), and attempted to cut off…
The Neutral Ground §5
— body of the army marched with Howe himself, Clinton, Percy, and Cornwallis at their
head. Their object was to march by the
ridge where Sullivan was stationed, and then
to wheel near the village of Bedford in order
to attack…
The Neutral Ground §28
— At the time of Washington's retreat before
White Plains, a series of forts and earthworks
were erected from the East River to the Hudson across Morrisania and the lower part of
the present city of Yonkers. After their desertion…