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History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River

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.

…and handsomest of women, and who live together and powerful Minors did not marry except with the without variance." Widowers and widows advice of their parents or friends. Their marriage ceremonies followed their own inclinations. were very simple. Young women…

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History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §37 — …and handsomest of women, and who live together and powerful Minors did not marry except with the without variance." Widowers and widows advice of their parents or friends. Their marriage ceremonies followed their own inclinations. were very simple. Young women…

History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §36 — …and handsomest of women, and who live together and powerful Minors did not marry except with the without variance." Widowers and widows advice of their parents or friends. Their marriage ceremonies followed their own inclinations. were very simple. Young women…

History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §11 — …him all the country thereabout, as though it were at his com mand. So he made the two old men dine with him, and the and two old man's wife; for they brought two old women, young maidens of…

History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §693 — …was lusty, raw-boned man, but haughty and very desirable of respect and command." of the Moravian Church^ adds Shiktllimy was Oneida chiefs, He died in 1748. " : one of the viceregent residing at Shamokin. i, Reichel, in his Memorials According…

History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §285 — …we cannot control our young men." Stuyvesant young braves. immediately arose, and hurled defiance at the " If any of your young people desire to fight, let man against man. Nay, I or place twenty against thirty forty of your hot…

History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §414 — …and the first Christians that came settled upon Rensselaer's land, whom we loved as soon as we saw them, and with whom we made a strict alliance and a covenant chain which has been kept inviolable ever since. now…

History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §733 — …Leaves and branches have been stripped from me Hearken," said he, by the winds and frosts my eyes are dim my limbs I must soon fall But when young and sturdy, when totter ! no young man of the Pennacooks could…

History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §561 — …him." Nothing was ever positively his efforts to keep his people neutral. at Tuscorawas He died yet was years, the young in Gelellmand, alias surviving chiefs Killbuck, Machingive killed in the massacre of peaceable Indians 1781. by Williamson at Pittsb…

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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I

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.

…Reuben Cromwell, then a young girl. She said recently that the first time she saw Poe he was up in a cherry-tree picking the fruit, and his wife stood beneath the tree. ' He was a nice-looking young man…

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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §3460 — …Reuben Cromwell, then a young girl. She said recently that the first time she saw Poe he was up in a cherry-tree picking the fruit, and his wife stood beneath the tree. ' He was a nice-looking young man…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §3459 — …Reuben Cromwell, then a young girl. She said recently that the first time she saw Poe he was up in a cherry-tree picking the fruit, and his wife stood beneath the tree. ' He was a nice-looking young man…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §3180 — …Whig, but joined the Democratic party at the election of Buchanan, and has ever since been connected with it. He married, in 1847, Rachel, daughter of Caleb Purdy, of Harrison. Their only son, Caleb, a young man of great promise…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §4379 — When quite a young man he distinguished himself by sustaining the will of Henry White, of Yonkers, better known as Van Cortlandt, thereby saving to the Van Cortlandt family of the present day, at King's Bridge (see King's…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §3530 — …few of the neighbors, by a young man named Oliver. He subsequently removed to the academy in Franklin, where young Gould followed him and very early finished his education. Hence it could not be said that he ever acquired much…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §3894 — …Madame Beslie, while in thought I replace her amid the old surroundings in Pellham, New Roclielle anil New York, reappears in my retrospective musing as I saw her often in my school days, a queenly woman of ninety-five years…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §3907 — " In his last sickness the young man was most kindly attended by Dr. Rogers, through whose influence or advice he bequeathed the sum of twelve hundred tlollars, appropriated to the erection of a town house, 'for the use and convenience…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §2842 — …the money that kept the Port Chester company together, this fine body of young men became lost in the great city of Xcsv York, and drifted into different regiments, 80 that not a man of the sixty was ever credited…

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Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names

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.

…And when CONCERNING THE MOHAWKS. 97 he was about to depart, he said to the young man, ' I am Great Turtle, I am thy parent.' " SapHng, which was the name of the young man-being, created animals out of earth…

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Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names §125 — …And when CONCERNING THE MOHAWKS. 97 he was about to depart, he said to the young man, ' I am Great Turtle, I am thy parent.' " SapHng, which was the name of the young man-being, created animals out of earth…

Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names §509 — …resist the raids of the southern Indians ; that the lands whidh they left unoccupied was between "two high moimtains far distant from one to the other ;" that it was "the handsomest and pleasantest country that man can bdhold." The great…

Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names §510 — …resist the raids of the southern Indians ; that the lands whidh they left unoccupied was between "two high moimtains far distant from one to the other ;" that it was "the handsomest and pleasantest country that man can bdhold." The great…

Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names §172 — …a young man, having gone down the Mississippi as a flat-boatman, visited the slave market of New Orleans. He was deeply aflfected by the harrowing scenes he there beheld, and he registered a vow that should ever the opportunity…

Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names §162 — …Clark, its founder, had dwelt when a young man engaged in the study of medicine. Not being of a superstitious turn, I have dismissed from my mind the notion that his shade was at my elbow prompting me to introduce…

Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names §173 — …a young man, having gone down the Mississippi as a flat-boatman, visited the slave market of New Orleans. He was deeply aflfected by the harrowing scenes he there beheld, and he registered a vow that should ever the opportunity…

Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names §208 — One, however, of the world's intellectual sovereigns, who lived in the uplands of the imagination, who traversed the gamut of human experience, and of whom we may say, if of any man, " He saw life steadily and saw it…

Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names §124 — …Looking in the doorway he saw a man sitting there, who said to him, ' Enter thou here.

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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II

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.

…young son, and return to the tepee of his father, and ask him to come, and to bring with him a specimen of every bird and animal he had ever killed in the chase. Algon, who ever hovered near the…

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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §183 — …young son, and return to the tepee of his father, and ask him to come, and to bring with him a specimen of every bird and animal he had ever killed in the chase. Algon, who ever hovered near the…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §372 — …Thus even in the lowly and the sinful, the spark of eternity ever shines. A Black Hills freighter hired the tenderfoot, being in need of a man to drive a trail wagon. So, that freighting, and untangling a string of…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §494 — …forbid!" exclaimed the man, impulsively, "that is judge, I hope I may never have to be tried in your court." This compliment was taken as intended, and after a few moments the judge again retired. You never saw a more…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §2051 — …During a lull in one of the many severe blizzards that winter, Elmer Rees, a young man, started out hunting and was lost in the storm. A rescuing party was instituted and a search made for the young man without…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §269 — …Father DeSmet speaks of Crow Dog as a man of courage and with a withered arm. This was forty years before Spotted Tail's death, and disagrees with the statement of Hyde that Crow Dog was "a young leader."

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §726 — Stevens was hired by some enterprising men to reestablish the Review and has been published ever since under that name. By 1890 the farmers who had settled around Potter began to raise grains, mostly wheat and oats and as 1892…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §107 — …a trapper, saw one of them at the mouth of the Laramie, and saw him depart onward into the west. What happened to the other no one knows, and no white man knows if this one ever reached his people…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §1025 — …About the only time the magisterial calm was ever ruffled was on the occasion when a well dressed young man and woman with every appearance of candidates for matrimony presented themselves before him and smiling recited, "Will you divorce us…

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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.)

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.

…John's church, Yonkers, together with its gothic parsonage, stands pleasandy situated on the south bank of the Saw mill. This church is one of the handsomest in the county, having been recently repaired and ■.^: Su Johu's Rectory. beautified…

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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.) §615 — …John's church, Yonkers, together with its gothic parsonage, stands pleasandy situated on the south bank of the Saw mill. This church is one of the handsomest in the county, having been recently repaired and ■.^: Su Johu's Rectory. beautified…

The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.) §616 — This church is one of the handsomest in the county, having been recently repaired and ■.^: Su Johu's Rectory. beautified at a hea\7- cost. It owes its early foundation to the Philipses. who, as lords of the ^Nlanor at…

The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.) §882 — …a young man; 7th, "Wiiliam, who n:ar. Ilartwell of N. Y.- 8th, Waiter, who d. a young man ; Otii, Sai-ah A. , who mar. L. J. Coutant of Eastchcster ; 10th. John, yet unmarried. Josiali, 2nd son of 2nd Guillaume…

The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.) §716 — …When I entered the house just after the refugees had left, the young lieutenant was lying dead at the door. He was t'ne first one they killed on breaking in. Flagg. though desperately v.-oundcd, was yet alive and…

The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.) §540 — …and who had been a witness of the fact, related to them the melancholy affah: ; with the fearful addition, (to which I am slow in giving belief,) that he saw the duyvel, in the shape of a huge moss-bonker…

The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.) §718 — …The very night before the surprise, Greene said to my grand-father, 'Mr. Davenport, you are_ a happy man, surrounded by a fine wife and a dutiful family of children. I envy you much, but I hope this unnatural war…

The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.) §637 — …Babcock, then living below in the parsonage, for a vehicle to remove the wounded officer. The use of her gig and horse was soon obtained, and a neighbor, Anthony Archer, pressed to drive. In this they conveyed the dying man…

The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.) §647 — …The roads leading east of the Saw Mill vaUey intersect with the Sprain valley road, which runs nearly north and south. The .Sprain river, called by the Indians Arniotiperahin, rises in two springs north of Thirty Deer Ridge; the west…

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History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900

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.

…The women, in common with the young children, were regarded by the conquerors merely as accessions to their numbers. Unchastity was an exceptionally rare thing among the married females; and in no other particular do the different accounts of the…

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History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §74 — …The women, in common with the young children, were regarded by the conquerors merely as accessions to their numbers. Unchastity was an exceptionally rare thing among the married females; and in no other particular do the different accounts of the…

History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §88 — …This was done by the aged and experienced of the tribe, in the presence of the young men, who made themselves thoroughly acquainted with the shape, size, and marks of the belts, as well as with the events they were…

History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1003 — …He had all their usual charming qualities in somewhat more than the average degree -- but no original parts of any important interest that very searching inquiry has ever disclosed. His sole claim to distinction -- aside from his part in an…

History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1215 — …the money that kept the Port Chester company together, tins tine body of young men became lost in the great City of New York, and drifted into different regiments, so that not a man of the sixty was ever credited…

History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1214 — …the money that kept the Port Chester company together, tins tine body of young men became lost in the great City of New York, and drifted into different regiments, so that not a man of the sixty was ever credited…

History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §89 — " Though this people,*' says Van der Donck, " do not make such a distinction between man and man as ether nations, yet they have high and low families, inferior and superior chiefs." Their rulers were called sachems, the title usually remaining…

History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §994 — …man in the Counts of Westchester i- his superior. The incident ended in the vindication of the captors to the satis faction of everybody. Incidentally various facts illustrative of the true character of Amir* were brought to light. That lie…

History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §956 — …As the cattle taken from the Cowboys, unless stolen and reclaimed, were by legislative enactment held to be " prize of war," small volunteer parties were occasionally formed by the young men attached to the American cause to watch the roads…

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The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 3: The Westchester Guides in the War of the Revolution

Macdonald, John MacLean. The Westchester Guides in the War of the Revolution. Paper read at the New-York Historical Society, May 4, 1852; re-read Nov 3, 1863 and May 4, 1897. Published as The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 3 in Publications of the Westchester County Historical Society, Vol. IV. 1925-26.

…Besides the 76 THE MCDONALD PAPERS American generals and their aides, the group comprised Rochambeau, Chastellux, the Duke de Lauzun, and the num-erous officers attached to the French staff. Washington spoke kindly to the young man and ordered a…

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The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 3: The Westchester Guides in the War of the Revolution §15 — …Besides the 76 THE MCDONALD PAPERS American generals and their aides, the group comprised Rochambeau, Chastellux, the Duke de Lauzun, and the num-erous officers attached to the French staff. Washington spoke kindly to the young man and ordered a…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 3: The Westchester Guides in the War of the Revolution §16 — …He is the most determined rider I have ever seen, and backs the fleetest horse that's known about here." Webbers then asked with earnestness, if this last were the famous "yellow boy with black streak along his back," that…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 3: The Westchester Guides in the War of the Revolution §49 — …man were deposited in the obscure corner of a sequestered church yard at Crompond, where they repose forgotten, with-out a letter or a stone, to mark the last resting place of one of the bravest men that ever drew…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 3: The Westchester Guides in the War of the Revolution §17 — …According to the order of march, the guides with a detachment of light cavalry led the way, accompanied by some young officers of the staff, both American and French. Next came the generals them-selves with their aides and retinue…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 3: The Westchester Guides in the War of the Revolution §10 — …Oakley overheard, and saw the necessity for prompt action. At the head of his followers, he led the onset instantly against the refugees dashing into their ranks while they were in the act of form-ing, and by breaking and…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 3: The Westchester Guides in the War of the Revolution §50 — …man were deposited in the obscure corner of a sequestered church yard at Crompond, where they repose forgotten, with-out a letter or a stone, to mark the last resting place of one of the bravest men that ever drew…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 3: The Westchester Guides in the War of the Revolution §34 — …He fell while yet young in good cause, in the service of his country, with his face to the foe, and with battle harness on his back. The only relic of what once belonged to him is his sword, a…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 3: The Westchester Guides in the War of the Revolution §14 — …Oakley then informed him that agreeably to his promise, General Washington re-quired his services forthwith as a guide, while the combined army remained below. This young man whose quick parts, intelligence, and accurate knowledge of the roads and passes…

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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II

O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.

…Twelve miles west of the Cayuga I struck the Canada Saga lake -- no inhabitant upon this road -- this lake is the handsomest piece of water I ever beheld ; its length and breadth nearly that of Cayuga, into which it empties…

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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II §1998 — …Twelve miles west of the Cayuga I struck the Canada Saga lake -- no inhabitant upon this road -- this lake is the handsomest piece of water I ever beheld ; its length and breadth nearly that of Cayuga, into which it empties…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II §2053 — …The ensuing season, on the organization of tlie militia of the county of Steuben, this Jersey settlement turned out a company of grenadiers, all in handsome uniform, and completely equipped, composed solely of the young men belonging to it, and…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II §1830 — …What dependance can the public put in the promises of a man, who has knowingly and unprovokedly (for I never saw Mr. Fitch) treated an individual so unworthily. Now- I can, with truth assure the pftblic, that jNIr. Fitch's…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II §2097 — …who is a man of observation, saw, notwithstanding its perfect state of nature, both its beauties and advantages : he found it extending one mile on the lake, from which the ground rose with a sufficient ascent, of a rich soil…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II §440 — …man -- I proposed to pay 400 man 300 we send up en 100 man from albani en Vlster who most be paid by vs the have offert 300 man en hoop to optaine the rest Or ]00 man, the shall…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II §2050 — …Early in the season, a saw-mill had been finished ; and previous to the setting in of the winter, a grist-mill with a saw-mill nearer the town, were in great forwardness. In the year 1794, those who had…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II §1956 — …David Rittenhouse Treasurer for the Commonwealth aforesaid. John Poor, Teacher of the young Ladies Accd'y -- John Ely, Teacher of Arch Street School -- Jonathan Heart Captain of the first United States, Regt In Testimony whereof I the said notary have…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II §1826 — …I therefore wrote to General Washington, the 10th of March, 1785 (No. 19) that I intended applying both powers to a boat built after the Model of the one he saw at Bath ; but as I was under many disadvantages…

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Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication at Tarrytown

Raymond, Marcius D., editor and publisher. Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication, at Tarrytown, N.Y., October 19th, 1894. Tarrytown, NY, 1894.

…ever saw, for his treating me so kindly." So much for treating a prisoner well. CAPTURE OF COWBOYS AND CATTLE. I resided about four miles out of Tarry town, in the town of Mount Pleasant, near the line of the…

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Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication at Tarrytown §132 — …ever saw, for his treating me so kindly." So much for treating a prisoner well. CAPTURE OF COWBOYS AND CATTLE. I resided about four miles out of Tarry town, in the town of Mount Pleasant, near the line of the…

Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication at Tarrytown §36 — …The militia-man has just returned to his home from long service with his regiment. He is early in his field upon one of those hills which look out up the Saw Mill River Valley. Mark his active toil. How…

Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication at Tarrytown §126 — …said he, "I'm a dying man, but do not blame you for what you have done." I said, " You are ..worth a dozen dead men -- rouse up and get on my horse." I got him upon the horse and…

Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication at Tarrytown §127 — …He left me and I never saw him again. The man was a Tory, by the name of Basly.

Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication at Tarrytown §403 — …Yager rifleman belonging to a party under the Tory Colonel Emeriek who were patroling on the west side of the Saw Mill River. She imprudently appeared, at the house door with a man's hat on when two hostile parties…

Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication at Tarrytown §392 — …The cavalry kept the main l'oad going north from Yonkers up the valley of the Nepperhan or Saw Mill River, but the infantry were obliged to get along the best way they could ; sometimes in the road, and sometimes…

Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication at Tarrytown §334 — …He says she was "killed by a Yager rifleman belonging to a party under Kmerick who were patrolling on the west side of the Saw Mill River. She imprudently appeared at the door of the house with a man's…

Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication at Tarrytown §302 — …In another house we saw four dead bodies, mangled in a most inhuman man-ner by the refugees, and among them, one groaning under five wounds on his head, two of them quite through the skull bone with a broad…

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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV

O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1851.

…This vacant territory lies between two high mountains, far distant the one from the other. This is the handsomest and pleasantest country that man can behold, it furnished the Indians with abundance of maize, beans, pumpkins, and other fruits. This…

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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV §115 — …This vacant territory lies between two high mountains, far distant the one from the other. This is the handsomest and pleasantest country that man can behold, it furnished the Indians with abundance of maize, beans, pumpkins, and other fruits. This…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV §1419 — …765 nor may stick it in his ARS--the said John Blakely told the Deponent repeatedly that if ever the land should get Back to New Hampshire that every man that was a Yorker should be ruined, and hove off…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV §1632 — …I saw a Number of Men Travelling around with Guns, Pretending they were Going a Hunting, but Soon afterwards I fell in Company with John Smith the second ; who Informed me in our Conversation that he was no Mobb man…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV §650 — …23 354 PAPERS RELATING TC one of the school masters before mentioned, I now send to keep school among you, to teach your children, if you will receive him. He is a rational, sprightly, active young man ; and I believe…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV §738 — …last month on the subjects you mention on some of which M? Peters & I have conversed, and to whom I have wrote fully the other day as well concerning M* Murray, as of the Two Young men you mention for…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV §1631 — …I saw a Number of Men Travelling around with Guns, Pretending they were Going a Hunting, but Soon afterwards I fell in Company with John Smith the second ; who Informed me in our Conversation that he was no Mobb man…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV §1601 — That the said Ethan Allen and Remember Baker told the deponent that if he disliked their proceedings he might seek Redress in any Manner he saw fit; that he might take their Methods if he saw fit, or apply to…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV §1609 — when every man should be Judged according to his works, with much other Language of that kind; and told the deponent that the people of Durham frequently had warning enough; That if they ever had come to Durham again they…

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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I

O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.

…man that stood next to him soon despatched the French Indian, and Scalped him another they found dead, which they Scalped also : ; ; two more they are certain are Killed, as they saw them drawn off. Lieut Blair, though a Young…

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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I §867 — …man that stood next to him soon despatched the French Indian, and Scalped him another they found dead, which they Scalped also : ; ; two more they are certain are Killed, as they saw them drawn off. Lieut Blair, though a Young…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I §44 — …He passed Three Rivers, and from thence by Montreal, where a young man of good courage, and an old habitant, joined him, with much piety. I shall follow the Father's Journal for greater facility. On the 17th day of…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I §20 — …e prisoners; when the soudiers saw us they stopped each his prisoner, and made him sing, and cutt off their fingers, and slasht their bodies w th a knife, and when they had sung each man confessed how many men…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I §911 — …and I had still the whole day before me when we heard the Rappel and saw the White Flag hoisted on the turret of their embattled house. of Vive le Roi informed the French of the fact. The loss of…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I §65 — …for flesh is the paradise of the man of flesh. 30 and last of August. The rain and wind seriously inconvenience poor travellers, who having worked all day are badly provided for at night. I never saw so many deer…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I §1246 — …appear, and take the gunn up by the sunrising, and no man shall sell any dog or bitch, young or ould to any Indian upon the penaltie of paying of 30s." Various town laws, similar to the above are on…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I §788 — This young girl spoke so well to her Uncle, though she had but little knowledge of Religion that he promised to repair to La Presentation early the following spring, and that he hoped to gain over also seven other Twenty…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I §1245 — …appear, and take the gunn up by the sunrising, and no man shall sell any dog or bitch, young or ould to any Indian upon the penaltie of paying of 30s." Various town laws, similar to the above are on…

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History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691)

Brodhead, John Romeyn. History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691). New York: Harper & Brothers, 1853.

…a wonderful large quantity of Raw hides, and have taken 36™ principally this year from the enemy. Fifthly : the handsomest lot of Cochineal that was ever brought into this country. Sixthly : a considerable quantity of Tobacco, which is now an…

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History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691) §269 — …a wonderful large quantity of Raw hides, and have taken 36™ principally this year from the enemy. Fifthly : the handsomest lot of Cochineal that was ever brought into this country. Sixthly : a considerable quantity of Tobacco, which is now an…

History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691) §1131 — …This vacant territory liesbetween two high mountains, far distant the one from the other. It is the handsomest and pleasantest country that man can behold, and furnished the Indians with abundance of maize, ' This tract exteuds across the couDty of…

History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691) §975 — …the Director ever saw New -1 Netherland. As they were discoursing about the value of Caracks, the Director himself said to the minister and others: "Domine Johannes, I thought I had " bi ought honest sliippers vpith me, but I find…

History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691) §974 — …but he saw no other way to secure peace; for the Director himself said, in Council, that he would treat him worse than Wouter van Twiller had ever done, if he would not obey his wishes. This man is then…

History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691) §1512 — …She the deponent, further sailh, that before bespeaking the room, she inquired of the aforenamed Thienhoven, what relation he stood in to the abovenamed woman whether she should hire it for a young man or for a married ; person ; that…

History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691) §1511 — …She the deponent, further sailh, that before bespeaking the room, she inquired of the aforenamed Thienhoven, what relation he stood in to the abovenamed woman whether she should hire it for a young man or for a married ;

History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691) §976 — …the Director ever saw New -1 Netherland. As they were discoursing about the value of Caracks, the Director himself said to the minister and others: "Domine Johannes, I thought I had " bi ought honest sliippers vpith me, but I find…

History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691) §855 — …And so prevent men ever dreading the like again. ^ So that people may be no longer harassed or troubled by the Company or its servants, but that the '° government, consisting of those interested in the country, may be absolutely dependent…

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A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct

King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.

…We saw all of the seventy ways of at least six of the seven ages of man living, and ; and the first, the infant in its mother's arms, at least in the crowd and lookers on.Every nation, too…

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A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §680 — …We saw all of the seventy ways of at least six of the seven ages of man living, and ; and the first, the infant in its mother's arms, at least in the crowd and lookers on.Every nation, too…

A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §172 — …I saw some pieces of this conduit of lead, five or six inches in diameter, about one third of an inch thick in joints of six feet, soldered ! lengthwise, and covered by a strip or sheet of lead of the…

A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §579 — …Young to say, this work was thoroughly executed ; the arch proved this, when on striking the centres, it did not settle over ^ of an inch, and has not changed since. This I consider a very small settlement for so large…

A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §473 — The large double culvert on Saw Mill River, with arches of 25 feet span each and 82 feet in length. The river is 42 feet below grade, and to the top of the aqueduct, 56 feet. The two last structures…

A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §12 — …The most remarkable well, probably, ever made by man, is Joseph's well at Cairo, of which we copy from Ewbank this brief arid clear description : " This well, which for magnitude and the skill displayed in its construction, has never…

A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §396 — …In the third division, the crossing of Saw Mill River and Tibbit's Brook occurs, a pretty formidable part of the work. There are two tunnels one at Yonkers, for entering ; the valley of Saw Mill River, and the other…

A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §472 — …The large double culvert on Saw Mill River, with arches of 25 feet span each and 82 feet in length. The river is 42 feet below grade, and to the top of the aqueduct, 56 feet. The two last structures…

A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §681 — There was the man of war and the man of peace the soldier and the sailor the master and the apprentice the father and the son the man of words and the man of deeds the mace and the axe…

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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III

O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1850.

…His mother was a very old person, and of French extract, and full blooded, being captured from Canada when very young. Jonah, therefore, was half blood. I never saw him the worse for strong drink. He was a man of…

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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III §1873 — …His mother was a very old person, and of French extract, and full blooded, being captured from Canada when very young. Jonah, therefore, was half blood. I never saw him the worse for strong drink. He was a man of…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III §1209 — acquaint me with wliat M*' Livingston has thought fitt to represent ; I know him to be y^ most selfish man alive but I cold never have believed that a man wlio lay under so manyobligations to me as he does…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III §12 — …as I had ever eaten in tlie country, witli an infinitude of other fruits, and that the Lake extended close to the mountains, which were, according to my judgment, 15 leagues from us. I saw others, to the South, not…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III §10 — …Several rivers, also, discharge into the lake, guri'ounded by a number of fine trees similar to those we have in France, with a quantity of vines handsomer than any I ever saw ; a great many chestnuts, and I had…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III §1041 — …And your Petitioner Shall Ever pray &c. Alexander Colden May ye 24*^ 1743 / Rates heretofore taken by way of Ferriage for Crossing Hudsons River above the Hi?-h Lands Viz' £ s d For Every Man & Horse 0 6 0 For…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III §360 — …The next time I saw my Lord Cornbury he thanked me & said he would do the clmrch & me justice, accordingly he summoned M"" Hobbart & the head of the faction before him & forbad M' Hobbart ever more to preach in the…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III §359 — …The next time I saw my Lord Cornbury he thanked me & said he would do the clmrch & me justice, accordingly he summoned M"" Hobbart & the head of the faction before him & forbad M' Hobbart ever more to preach in the…

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III §1162 — …hereafter for Ever Quietly and Peaceably have and Enjoy fifull and ffree Liberty Entring into and upon the said mannor or Reputed Mannor of Livingston (Except witliin three English miles of the place where the Sawmills of the said Robert…

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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I)

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.

…upright, honorable man in whom there was no guile. He was for many years a Justice of the Peace, the duties of which he discharged with scrupulous fidelity and conscientious regard to the just claims of suitors, ever frowning upon…

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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §1320 — …upright, honorable man in whom there was no guile. He was for many years a Justice of the Peace, the duties of which he discharged with scrupulous fidelity and conscientious regard to the just claims of suitors, ever frowning upon…

The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §785 — …I can recollect, and saw 310 ' HISTORY OK THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. several persons we were acquainted with, whom we let pass. Presently one of the young men who were with me, said, ' There comes a gentleman-like looking man…

The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §391 — …In the spring of 1870, the building was completed, at an additional cost of $9,800, and is considered one of the handsomest and most convenient mansions along the line of the river. The fiftieth anniversary of the organization of…

The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §1378 — …A few days after the Colonel's arrival, the house of one Gedney was plundered in the night, and the family abused and terrified. Gedney sent his son to make a representation of it to the Colonel. The young man…

The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §390 — …In the spring of 1870, the building was completed, at an additional cost of $9,800, and is considered one of the handsomest and most convenient mansions along the line of the river.

The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §359 — …He was the first missionary of our 'Advancement Society,' and first missionary of the 'Society for Missions of young men and others,' instituted in Charleston ; which was intended to act out of the Diocese, the elder Society being trusted within…

The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §1365 — the City of New York about one year; that the bam of the said Joseph Young was burned by the British refugees, who also took from the said Joseph Young a large and valuable stock of cattle; that in the…

The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §401 — Early one mornimg, in the month of August, a party of the militia, three in number, brought a young man by the name of Palmer, whom they had taken on suspicion of his being a spy and having enlisting orders…

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The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea

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.

…All but one were officers of a British man-of-war, wrecked there. They were discovered, and buried in one grave. The mother of the young nobleman erected the monument, and it remained, respected even by the roughest men of…

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The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §594 — …All but one were officers of a British man-of-war, wrecked there. They were discovered, and buried in one grave. The mother of the young nobleman erected the monument, and it remained, respected even by the roughest men of…

The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §100 — …the bridle-path from the Wing's to Schenectada and Albany, announcing the change in the name of the falls ; and ever since they have been known as Glen's Falls. For a "mess of pottage " the young man sold…

The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §443 — …of the brave I" were unjust, for he sincerely commiserated the fate of the prisoner, and would have made every proper sacrifice to save him. Hw ANUHES PEN AND INK SKETCil. Major Andre Avas an accomplished young man, and a…

The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §470 — …It forms a merry feature in the scenery of the village. Yonkers derives its name from TonJcIieer -- Young Master or Lord -- the common appellation for the heir of a Dutch family. It is an old settlement, lands having been purchased…

The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §311 — …of the armies of the revolted colonies. " I come to fight as a volunteer for American independence," the young Pole replied. "What can you do?" Washington asked. " Try me," was Kosciuszko's prompt reply. Pleased with the young man, Washington…

The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §479 — …Here an old Dutch burgher, famed for his veracity, and who had been a witness of the fact, related to them the melancholy affair ; with the fearful addition (to which I am slow in giving belief), that he saw the…

The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §227 — "We, ourselves, who were expanded into Brobdignags in size, saw the gulf into which we were to enter and be lost. I almost shuddered when my turn came, but there was no eluding my fate ; one side of my face…

The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §224 — …I saw the hills in the Hampshire Grants, the Highlands of the river, and all that God had done, or man could do, as far as the eye could reach -- you know that the Indians named me for my sight…

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The McDonald Papers, Part II, Chapter 5: Recollections of the Revolution

Macdonald, John MacLean. Recollections of the Revolution. In The McDonald Papers, Part II, Chapter 5, Publications of the WCHS, Vol. V. 1926-27.

…Young's house, with his regiment, in the winter of 1780 which was near the line of what now are the towns Greenburgh & Mount Pleasant. Col. Thompson had sent one company of his men to the west near Saw Mill…

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The McDonald Papers, Part II, Chapter 5: Recollections of the Revolution §13 — …Young's house, with his regiment, in the winter of 1780 which was near the line of what now are the towns Greenburgh & Mount Pleasant. Col. Thompson had sent one company of his men to the west near Saw Mill…

The McDonald Papers, Part II, Chapter 5: Recollections of the Revolution §16 — Mosier not knowing but they might have Infantry (as they frequently had) marched off without having a man hurt, & wounding 9 of the enemy. After Mosier went off, the enemy returned, procurred a carriage & carried Kipp off who it was…

The McDonald Papers, Part II, Chapter 5: Recollections of the Revolution §12 — …Young's house, with his regiment, in the winter of 1780 which was near the line of what now are the towns Greenburgh & Mount Pleasant. Col. Thompson had sent one company of his men to the west near Saw Mill…

The McDonald Papers, Part II, Chapter 5: Recollections of the Revolution §6 — George McChain a young man about 19 years of age, was overtaken soon after he got on the ice and cut to pieces while on his knees begging for quarter. Williams (who did not get off his horse) after running…

The McDonald Papers, Part II, Chapter 5: Recollections of the Revolution §17 — …Levens-worth of the American army (a young officer, of about 19 years of age) a native of New England with his company, at the point of a hill. Barns retreated round the hill, to the other side, where he…

The McDonald Papers, Part II, Chapter 5: Recollections of the Revolution §5 — …Many of the men ran off on foot. George McChain a young man about 19 years of age, was overtaken soon after he got on the ice and cut to pieces while on his knees begging for quarter. Williams (who…

The McDonald Papers, Part II, Chapter 5: Recollections of the Revolution §1 — …Tompkins was a learned jurist and a man of great abilities. He possessed in an eminent degree, the gifts and virtues for which the Tompkins family has ever been noted." Scharf, Vol. I., p. 528. 54 THE McDONALD PAPERS previous…

The McDonald Papers, Part II, Chapter 5: Recollections of the Revolution §14 — Paulding, Williams & Van Wart were all natives of the town of Greenburg & resided (as also their parents) neighbors to each other, near Saw Mill river. They with 5 or 6 others went near Tarrytown, to capture, whatever might be going…

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The Hudson River from Ocean to Source (Bacon, 1903)

Bacon, Edgar Mayhew. The Hudson River from Ocean to Source: Historical, Legendary, Picturesque. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903.

…A young man might play what pranks he would with every pretty girl in the county, and make his potations of applejack both deep and frequent, but it would outrage the sentiment of the community if he broke the Sabbath…

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The Hudson River from Ocean to Source (Bacon, 1903) §214 — …A young man might play what pranks he would with every pretty girl in the county, and make his potations of applejack both deep and frequent, but it would outrage the sentiment of the community if he broke the Sabbath…

The Hudson River from Ocean to Source (Bacon, 1903) §207 — …The deed named the tract so acquired " Nepperhaem" ; but the names by which it was popularly known to the Dutchmen of that day were " Coin Donk, " or the '■ Colony of Donk," and " De Jonkheer's," or the "Young Lord's…

The Hudson River from Ocean to Source (Bacon, 1903) §192 — In other words, this is believed to have been one of the rare occasions upon which Washington swore. And certainly, if there was ever an excuse for profane invective, he could plead it at that time. Besides Magaw there w…

The Hudson River from Ocean to Source (Bacon, 1903) §462 — …Colonel Aaron Burr, strayed into the Kingston tavern, and while waiting there saw some of Vanderlyn 's work. He called for the artist, and the result of that interview was that the young man ceased to paint waggons and went…

The Hudson River from Ocean to Source (Bacon, 1903) §348 — …below Albany -- Cojemans Houses with Two Grist Mills & Two Saw Mills stand a little above on the West Side and opposite is an Island of about Two Acres covered with young Button Wood Trees which Island, our Skipper says, has…

The Hudson River from Ocean to Source (Bacon, 1903) §352 — Stephen VanRenslaer the Patron or Lord of the Manor of Renslaerwick his House stands a little above the Town he is a young man (since deceased) -- the Site of the Town is hilly and the Soil clay but round the…

The Hudson River from Ocean to Source (Bacon, 1903) §476 — …Then the young soldier turned his face towards Canada, and his wife saw him no more. We know how General Schuyler's resignation, on account of ill-health, raised Montgomery to chief command at Isle aux Noix. He had a…

The Hudson River from Ocean to Source (Bacon, 1903) §490 — …At an old stone house standing at Cairo, about ten miles to the northward of Catskill, there lived in the early part of the eighteenth century a young man of arbitrary, passionate disposition; one whose passions often rose 49^ The…

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Land Heist in the Highlands: Chief Daniel Nimham and the Wappinger Fight for Homeland

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

…40 Finally, just a week before the trial, Nimham was able to hire a bright young lawyer, a Yale graduate from Connecticut named Asa Spalding. Considering the circumstances Spalding argued an impressive case for the Wappinger, bringing forth "clouds of…

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Land Heist in the Highlands: Chief Daniel Nimham and the Wappinger Fight for Homeland §16 — …40 Finally, just a week before the trial, Nimham was able to hire a bright young lawyer, a Yale graduate from Connecticut named Asa Spalding. Considering the circumstances Spalding argued an impressive case for the Wappinger, bringing forth "clouds of…

Land Heist in the Highlands: Chief Daniel Nimham and the Wappinger Fight for Homeland §17 — Further, he "lived peaceably, and quietly under them for the space of about seventeen years; and that in all his life he never saw Mr. Adolph Philipse, to his knowledge." An old, well-respected, attorney and local resident, James Brown…

Land Heist in the Highlands: Chief Daniel Nimham and the Wappinger Fight for Homeland §20 — …Spalding if the Council had not given the Wappinger a fair trial. Receiving no official ruling, Spalding, Nimham and the Wappinger returned home. Not long after, Nimham saw the Council's verdict published in the local press and in at…

Land Heist in the Highlands: Chief Daniel Nimham and the Wappinger Fight for Homeland §19 — …of the Wappingers' claim to the land, punching holes through the landlord's sketchy and scant defense that hinged upon the questionable 1702 deed to the property: "Was this Instrument ever acknowledged before lawful authority? No. Was it ever Inrolled…

Land Heist in the Highlands: Chief Daniel Nimham and the Wappinger Fight for Homeland §18 — …of the Wappingers' claim to the land, punching holes through the landlord's sketchy and scant defense that hinged upon the questionable 1702 deed to the property: "Was this Instrument ever acknowledged before lawful authority? No. Was it ever Inrolled…

Land Heist in the Highlands: Chief Daniel Nimham and the Wappinger Fight for Homeland §15 — …40 Finally, just a week before the trial, Nimham was able to hire a bright young lawyer, a Yale graduate from Connecticut named Asa Spalding. Considering the circumstances Spalding argued an impressive case for the Wappinger, bringing forth "clouds of…

Land Heist in the Highlands: Chief Daniel Nimham and the Wappinger Fight for Homeland §12 — …36 Her tear- **Handlin and Mark state in the Introduction to their 1964 paper that the narrative they present is taken from an anonymous firsthand source that evidence indicates was a young, lawyer from CT sympathetic to the Wappinger (believed…

Land Heist in the Highlands: Chief Daniel Nimham and the Wappinger Fight for Homeland §13 — **Handlin and Mark state in the Introduction to their 1964 paper that the narrative they present is taken from an anonymous firsthand source that evidence indicates was a young, lawyer from CT sympathetic to the Wappinger (believed by Dutchess Historian…

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The Mystery Of The Rum Plane

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yesterday was a young man in a naval aviation uniform. He said he heard the machine had been abandoned and he thought there might be parts he could salvage. According to Dr. Miller of Croton 12 a man in the…

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The Mystery Of The Rum Plane §42 — yesterday was a young man in a naval aviation uniform. He said he heard the machine had been abandoned and he thought there might be parts he could salvage. According to Dr. Miller of Croton 12 a man in the…

The Mystery Of The Rum Plane §16 — pressed between the knees of a pilot” giving officials “tangible evidence of a prosperous rum running business by air. They also saw why Westchester county, with its numerous roadhouses and thirsty, well to do people, has so many aerial visitors.

The Mystery Of The Rum Plane §25 — property of some wealthy man who wanted the booze regardless of cost.’” 5 A schooner used by rum runners. Supporting the bootlegger’s theory was the fact that “the whiskies were of various brands,” which led authorities “to think some…

The Mystery Of The Rum Plane §44 — man in the naval aviator’s uniform and why did George McCall not mention him in his account of the crash? Learn more about Croton in the Prohibition era: Rum-running Submarines off Croton Point? The Motorist’s Playground Oscar…

The Mystery Of The Rum Plane §8 — …When McCall raced to the wreck he “caught the odor of whiskey above the smell of hot gasoline and oil.” 2 McCall feared the pilot was dead, but “instead of the body he found a wrathful and limping man, making…

The Mystery Of The Rum Plane §24 — …I believe that the plane . . . was probably the private

The Mystery Of The Rum Plane §18 — McCall shows the map he found hidden in the plane. The map was found by George McCall, who connected the arrival of the plane with the appearance two weeks earlier of a mysterious car which halted on the Albany Post…

The Mystery Of The Rum Plane §2 — Westchester County deputy sheriff George McCall, watched as the pilot “suddenly pointed the craft’s nose earthward and slipped toward the farmhouse.” Postcard for the Tumble Inn, once located near the hill where the rum plane crashed. As the New…

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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I

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.

…as near as I can recollect, and saw several persons we were acquainted with, whom we let pass. Presently one of the young men who were with me said, ' There comes a gentleman-like looking man who appears to be…

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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §472 — …as near as I can recollect, and saw several persons we were acquainted with, whom we let pass. Presently one of the young men who were with me said, ' There comes a gentleman-like looking man who appears to be…

A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §526 — November 17th, 1777, the British, under Captain Emmerick, made an excursion from their quarters to the Saw Mill Valley, and completely surprised the Van Tassels, who were residina: near Captain Romer's, burnt their houses, " stripped the women and children…

A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §181 — …To destroy these evils required the greatest vigilance and severity on the part of the American commander. Early one morning, in the month of August, a party of the militia, three in number, brought a young man by the name…

A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §505 — On this occasion Isaac Martlinoh,a a one armed man, and Polly Buckhout, were also killed ; the latter supposed accidentally, from the circumstance of her wearing a man's hat. In the spring of 1782, a small party of refugees…

A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §738 — …3- This spot is celebrated in the Westchester Spy, as the site of the hamlet of the Four Corners, whilst a little west of the present Van Wart residence stood the "Hotel Flanagan, a place of entertainment for man and…

A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §808 — It was however in 1G27, that this city made its last and ever memorable stand for the cause of the Huguenots. •.. <• ■ ;' • *' And it may safely be said, that this mighty city would never have fallen, (such was the undaunted heroism…

A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §641 — …No man in either office had more the love and confidence of the people, nor any man before nor since, half the influence. • Pai^Ker's Post Boy, I5i'nlap'« Hist, of N. Y. vol. i. 402, COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER…

A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §218 — He will tell you of the capture of Andre, who from a spy, was elevated by a false estimate and a mistaken sympathy, into a hero and a martyr -- of the temptations which had corrupted the second man in the…

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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II

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.

Egbert Benson,) the proprietor of the creek, now Saw Mill creek, van der Kee ; and it is still to be collected from the documents, as not being improbable that the lands granted to Van der Donck and perhaps including the…

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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §839 — Egbert Benson,) the proprietor of the creek, now Saw Mill creek, van der Kee ; and it is still to be collected from the documents, as not being improbable that the lands granted to Van der Donck and perhaps including the…

A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §895 — Here an old Dutch burgher, famed for his veracity, and who had been a witness of the fact, related to them the melancholy affair, with the fearful addition, (to which I am slow of giving belief,) that he saw the…

A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §150 — On his return, he reorganized a church at the village of Poquetannuc, in North Gr3ton, in 1738, which has ever since existed," &c. Mr. Punderson was for some years an itinerant missionary of the " Society for the Propagation of the…

A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §925 — …One man of the Legion cavalry was killed, and one of them, and two of the hussars, wounded."^ The scene of this conflict lies on the land of the late Frederick Brown, now occupied by his widow. The struggle commenced…

A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §990 — …now owns the property. The adjoining estate, north, belongs to his son-in-law. Cornelius Odell, Esqr. The roads leading east of the Saw Mill valley, intersect with the Sprain valley road, which runs nearly north and south. The Sprain…

A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §883 — …Miss Susan Valentine, when a young woman, prevented a large party from entering the house by threatening them, single handed, with a large oven shovel, solemnly protesting she would split the head of the first man that dared to cross…

A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §259 — …the year 1836, when the death of his wife^ occurred, and he then returned to New York and resided until his own death. "He was ever a remarkably religious man, and died at the age of ninety five, the peaceful…

A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §221 — …of him ; because I believe no consideration would make him live in the Indian country. And if he did, he has not the language ; and one that goes on that mission must be a young man, who is able to…

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Oscar Levant Plays The Mikado

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quite an experience for a young man who was then just 16 years old. Oscar Levant at 17 (right), with his brother Howard on the boardwalk in Atlantic City. "During my second year in New York I played the piano…

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Oscar Levant Plays The Mikado §1 — quite an experience for a young man who was then just 16 years old. Oscar Levant at 17 (right), with his brother Howard on the boardwalk in Atlantic City. "During my second year in New York I played the piano…

Oscar Levant Plays The Mikado §9 — named in a New York Times article on the case against an ex-detective who is “vague on $99,240 in deposits” collected from “speakeasies” when he was a “plain-clothes man in the Eighth Inspection District in the Bronx…

Oscar Levant Plays The Mikado §2 — Harmon-on-the-Hudson, where I shared sleeping quarters with twenty or thirty Japanese waiters in the cellar. . . . A three-piece orchestra played on weekends but during the week there was just the piano and violin. We alternated between classical…

Oscar Levant Plays The Mikado §4 — …Consequently, the rivalry was keen. The upright piano on which I played had a horizontal string across it, on which hung a one-dollar bill—a not too subtle hint for tips, which were mostly forthcoming as the evening progressed

Oscar Levant Plays The Mikado §3 — popular music. The place was called Mikado Inn. The rival restaurant . . . was the Nikko Inn. Japanese restaurants were comparatively scarce, so it was ironic that the leading proponents of Japanese cuisine should have been within such a short

Oscar Levant Plays The Mikado §5 — and the clientele grew boisterous and drunk. The most popular request was that great American spiritual "Show Me the Way to Go Home." Almost as popular were "Charlie My Boy," and "Yes, We Have No Bananas." For dinner we played…

Oscar Levant Plays The Mikado §0 — Oscar Levant, the quick-witted pianist, composer, actor, author and quiz-show panelist, had his first "extended engagement" at the Mikado Inn in 1922. In his 1965 book, The Memoirs of an Amnesiac , Levant wrote about those days, which must…

Oscar Levant Plays The Mikado §7 — activity in the vast kitchen where the chef was a twenty-year-old Italian boy from nearby Croton. He had achieved his Oriental culinary skill under the tutelage of his predecessor, a Japanese chef who had left after a fight…

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Mikado Inn Real Photo Postcard Circa 1920

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dishes (or, if you prefer something more familiar, try the $5.00 Porterhouse Steak for two). After dinner you can listen to that clever young man, Oscar Levant, play “Yes, We Have No Bananas” on the upright piano. The Mikado…

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Mikado Inn Real Photo Postcard Circa 1920 §1 — dishes (or, if you prefer something more familiar, try the $5.00 Porterhouse Steak for two). After dinner you can listen to that clever young man, Oscar Levant, play “Yes, We Have No Bananas” on the upright piano. The Mikado…

Mikado Inn Real Photo Postcard Circa 1920 §3 — with the Tumble Inn on the other side of town, were speakeasys during Prohibition—though in 1921 the Admiral was acquitted in what newspaper accounts at the time called the first case to be tried in Westchester County for alleged…

Mikado Inn Real Photo Postcard Circa 1920 §9 — “road houses” from the June 12, 1921 issue of the New-York Tribune . The “Japanese gardens” highlighted in the ad are shown in the postcard above. New York Evening Telegram , July 12, 1921. ↩ This simple stamp on the back is…

Mikado Inn Real Photo Postcard Circa 1920 §5 — …The camera, designed for postcard-size film, allowed the general public to take photographs and have them printed on postcard backs, usually in the same dimensions (3-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches) as standard postcards. The process was

Mikado Inn Real Photo Postcard Circa 1920 §0 — Mikado Inn, Harmon-on-Hudson, N.Y. [No publisher, but likely the Mikado Inn]. Circa 1920. Click the image to enlarge it. Come take a stroll in the beautiful Japanese gardens of the Mikado Inn, in Harmon-on-Hudson. Enjoy…

Mikado Inn Real Photo Postcard Circa 1920 §4 — …1 This postcard is what’s called a “real photo postcard” because the image is an actual photograph made from a negative, not a halftone reproduction. The process was invented in 1903 by Kodak with the introduction of the No…

Mikado Inn Real Photo Postcard Circa 1920 §7 — Oscar Levant Plays the Mikado Oscar Levant, the quick-witted pianist, composer, actor, author and quiz-show panelist performed there as a teenager, sharing “sleeping quarters with twenty or thirty Japanese waiters in the cellar.” What’s Cookin’ at

Mikado Inn Real Photo Postcard Circa 1920 §6 — perfect for small establishments and this card was likely produced and sold by the Mikado Inn. This crisp enlargement is possible because the postcard is an actual photographic print. Want to know more about the Mikado? See these previous posts:

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The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 2: Battle of Whiteplains, Etc.

Macdonald, John MacLean. Battle of White Plains, etc. Paper read at the New-York Historical Society, October 7, 1856. Published as The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 2 in Publications of the Westchester County Historical Society, Vol. IV. 1925-26.

…Two of the robbers laid hold of the young man, demanding his money. They soon discovered the magnitude of their mistake. In an instant he tripped up both his assailants, knocked down the other two, drew the four together, and…

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The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 2: Battle of Whiteplains, Etc. §38 — …Two of the robbers laid hold of the young man, demanding his money. They soon discovered the magnitude of their mistake. In an instant he tripped up both his assailants, knocked down the other two, drew the four together, and…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 2: Battle of Whiteplains, Etc. §37 — …Among the most cel-ebrated champions of his day, both as a wrestler and a fighter, was a young man of Whiteplains, named Gilbert Hatfield, whose father, on the near approach of the enemy, had retired to a place of…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 2: Battle of Whiteplains, Etc. §13 — …The display made by the royal battalions, as, while advancing to the attack or changing their positions, they passed along the ridges east and south of the American lines, was ever after spoken of, by those who watched the battle…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 2: Battle of Whiteplains, Etc. §0 — …Their commander, however, saw clearly the defects and dan-ger of his situation. He was alone withheld from falling back upon the strong grounds in his rear, by the difficulties he encountered in the transportation of his sick and wounded…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 2: Battle of Whiteplains, Etc. §1 — Different skirmishes, for the most part successful, had restored that self-confidence of which they had been deprived, after the retreat from Long Island. Their commander, however, saw clearly the defects and dan-ger of his situation. He was alone…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 2: Battle of Whiteplains, Etc. §22 — …the last that remained upon the 54 THE MCDONALD PAPERS field of battle. "It had the honor," writes General Hull in his autobiography, "to receive the particular thanks of Washington for its bravery and orderly retreat." When Washington saw the…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 2: Battle of Whiteplains, Etc. §40 — Miller's house, they read the chalk advertisement, broke out into a hearty laugh at this sample of uncourtliness in a man whose eccen-tricities were known to all, and then pushed home, in great glee, for their own tables…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 2: Battle of Whiteplains, Etc. §35 — …Washington ever afer-ward seems to have counted upon it in his operations. It has generally been the opinion of military men, that had the American army, on the 28th day of October, been promptly attacked upon the right and…

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The Neutral Ground

Pryer, Charles. The Neutral Ground. Half Moon Series, Vol. II, No. 5. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1898.

One of these young men, Harry, was a drunken, worthless chap, who had caused the death of his beautiful and devoted wife by his brutality, while the other seems to have been a very respectable member of society. Some time…

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The Neutral Ground §37 — One of these young men, Harry, was a drunken, worthless chap, who had caused the death of his beautiful and devoted wife by his brutality, while the other seems to have been a very respectable member of society. Some time…

The Neutral Ground §39 — …Bring her out." The man called Paul disappeared within the hut, and soon returned leading a terrified but still beautiful young girl, whom the ruffians tied to a tree and then prepared to shoot. UnSian's IRescue of a loung…

The Neutral Ground §40 — The man called Paul disappeared within the hut, and soon returned leading a terrified but still beautiful young girl, whom the ruffians tied to a tree and then prepared to shoot. UnSian's IRescue of a loung Oirl XTbe **1Reutral…

The Neutral Ground §23 — Be this as it may, everything was reasonably quiet around the place during the remainder of the day, but shortly after nightfall, a small party of Cowboys (for they were Cowboys this time) was observed approaching. The young woman immediately…

The Neutral Ground §50 — " The most complete, comprehensive, and interesting account of the Civil War which has ever been published. . . . We unhesitatingly recommend it as containing a we.Tlth of information that no one can afford to be deprived ol."--New Haven Eve. Lender…

The Neutral Ground §10 — …It was a beautiful autumnal morning, October 2}, 1776, that the greatest military pageant took place that the fair county of Westchester ever saw, at all events in the eighteenth century. Howe, preparatory to following Washington, drew up his entire…

The Neutral Ground §33 — …When the old chief saw the situation he shouted: "Save yourselves, my children ; my time has come and I am ready," and he fell dead with a bullet in his heart. This leader was quite a well-known man for…

The Neutral Ground §38 — …The remains of the murdered man were buried in the old churchyard from which the bell was taken, and a few days later his fiancee, who had died from the shock of the news, was laid by his side. The…

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The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 1: Before the Battle of White Plains

Macdonald, John MacLean. The Operations and Skirmishes of the British and American Armies in 1776, Before the Battle of White Plains. Paper read at the New-York Historical Society, October 7, 1862, in the author's absence, by George H. Moore, Society librarian. Published as The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 1 in Publications of the Westchester County Historical Society, Vol. IV. White Plains, NY: WCHS, 1925-26.

…In this case he would Chapter I BEFORE THE BATTLE OF WHITEPLAINS 35 have moved his forces unencumbered, toward the Hudson, and then have united himself to the main army, by marching along the Sprain, or the Saw Mill River…

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The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 1: Before the Battle of White Plains §56 — …In this case he would Chapter I BEFORE THE BATTLE OF WHITEPLAINS 35 have moved his forces unencumbered, toward the Hudson, and then have united himself to the main army, by marching along the Sprain, or the Saw Mill River…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 1: Before the Battle of White Plains §25 — …Although a young and inexperienced soldier, Glover saw the urgency of the case and acted promptly. He made his drums beat to arms, and sent an express with intelligence of the movement to General Lee, who was three miles off…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 1: Before the Battle of White Plains §24 — …Although a young and inexperienced soldier, Glover saw the urgency of the case and acted promptly.

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 1: Before the Battle of White Plains §36 — …This sentinel was a young Indian, picked up by Rogers somewhere on Long Island. Major Green of the First Virginia regiment commanded the American vanguard, and himself and his men had some difficulty, during the prevailing darkness, in detecting the…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 1: Before the Battle of White Plains §50 — …Chapter I BEFORE THE BATTLE OF WHITEPLAINS 31 Sir William Howe's intentions became every day more apparent. He moved his army directly forward in large columns, scarcely ever detaching parties upon lateral expedi-tions, however near or promising the…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 1: Before the Battle of White Plains §55 — …The news brought to Gen-eral Lee was, that they had struck their tents and were march-ing in two columns, toward the Hudson. Lee saw the perilous situation in which he was likely to be placed, and acted with…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 1: Before the Battle of White Plains §37 — When his station was ascertained, several of the guard crept along the ground, throttled and threw him down, before he had time to fire. But though taken and secured, the Indian proved refractory. Young and active, he kicked and struggled…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 1: Before the Battle of White Plains §62 — Arthur was a wary man, seldom off his guard, Chapter I 38 THE MCDONALD PAPERS and before he gave the tea hunters a direct answer, had the address to draw from them to object of their visit. He then accompanied…

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Graphic Methods for Presenting Facts

Brinton, Willard C. Graphic Methods for Presenting Facts. New York: The Engineering Magazine Company, 1914. Internet Archive identifier: cu31924032626792 (Cornell University Library copy). The first American textbook on what we now call data visualization.

…It would probably be best to get a young man graduated within a few years from one of the technical schools, or from one of the schools of business administration now established as separate departments in several of the large…

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Graphic Methods for Presenting Facts §543 — …It would probably be best to get a young man graduated within a few years from one of the technical schools, or from one of the schools of business administration now established as separate departments in several of the large…

Graphic Methods for Presenting Facts §507 — …Practice, however, proves that there is no necessity for using an engineer's scale in plotting curve points on the cards here described. The man doing the plotting learns very quickly to locate the points by using only the eye…

Graphic Methods for Presenting Facts §558 — …The information as it comes from the accountant's office should be passed to the man in the executive department whose function it is to provide information for the executive by cross-indexing all information from the accountant's reports…

Graphic Methods for Presenting Facts §506 — …CURVES FOR THE EXECUTIVE 275 may be started well up on the card if there is any hope whatever of reducing the unit expenses in future years. The man who plots curves on the cards described here keeps a supply…

Graphic Methods for Presenting Facts §209 — …97 is used, no mental effort is required to get at the gist of the matter, and the facts can be obtained much more rapidly than would ever be possible by observing columns of figures alone. A chart like that…

Graphic Methods for Presenting Facts §350 — …156 appears somewhat similar to the curve for laborers, the low earnings of a large percentage of the office force were due to the employment of office boys and other young employees who would have a fair chance to get…

Graphic Methods for Presenting Facts §508 — He need only glance at the figures above any point to learn the value for that point far more correctly than would ever be possible with even the most accurately plotted curve if the value of the point had to…

Graphic Methods for Presenting Facts §389 — …saw, as used by children, and then shift the point through which the curve line is to be drawn so that the see-saw will just balance evenly. 80,000 2 3 4 5 B 7 8 9 ,10 i…

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Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution

Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.

…whether a young man's fowling-piece, with which he was wont to have a few hours' sport, when squirrels and robins abounded, or to have more serious work, when foxes and more formidable marauders poached in the poultry-yards…

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Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §722 — …whether a young man's fowling-piece, with which he was wont to have a few hours' sport, when squirrels and robins abounded, or to have more serious work, when foxes and more formidable marauders poached in the poultry-yards…

Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §723 — …whether a young man's fowling-piece, with which he was wont to have a few hours' sport, when squirrels and robins abounded, or to have more serious work, when foxes and more formidable marauders poached in the poultry-yards…

Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §1352 — …us that they deserted the country wherever we came ; and "could get no intelligence that we could possibly depend on;" tha, "that part of America where I have been, is the strongest country I ever " was in It is every…

Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §1554 — …is » The Rebel Army are in so wretched a condition, as to Clothing and " Accoutrements, that I believe no Nation ever saw such a set of tatterde- " malions. There are few Coats among them but what are out at " elbows…

Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §171 — …the previously questionable reputation of that " young West Indian," however, and because the only modern authority for the statement is the young man's Bon, John C. Hamilton, {Life of Alexander Hamilton, by bis son, New York: 1840, i.» 22…

Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §1594 — …I was in the ac- " tion, and under as good advantages aB any one man, to obBerve all that " passed, and write these particulars of the action from my own observa- "tion." A very near connection, by marriage, of our…

Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §287 — Like the cruel ostrich, she has forsaken " her young ones ; with the fierceness of a tyger, she ■" lays waste our own fair inheritence, and dashes " her sons against the stones ! -- Shakspeare makes " Hamlet express himself thus ; ' But, I am pigeon…

Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §679 — …He was evidently a young man, suffering from wrongs already inflicted on him or on his personal friends, possessing a fiery temper, and warmly indignant at the movements and the threats of the revolutionary faction. He undoubtedly knew that he…

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The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 4: The Danbury Expedition

Macdonald, John MacLean. The Danbury Expedition, April 23d to 28th, 1777. Paper read at the New-York Historical Society, October 5, 1858. Published as The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 4 in Publications of the Westchester County Historical Society, Vol. IV. 1925-26.

…A young English officer who accompanied the mounted volunteers, when they were fired upon, related at the time that he sprang from the saddle and ran the black man through with his rapier. He said further that the negro fell…

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The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 4: The Danbury Expedition §10 — …A young English officer who accompanied the mounted volunteers, when they were fired upon, related at the time that he sprang from the saddle and ran the black man through with his rapier. He said further that the negro fell…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 4: The Danbury Expedition §41 — …Another of the most distinguished among the Litchfield volunteers, was the late Oliver Wolcott, then a youth of sev-enteen, who as a public servant was destined to occupy high positions in after life. While yet a young man, he…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 4: The Danbury Expedition §9 — …A young English officer who accompanied the mounted volunteers, when they were fired upon, related at the time that he sprang from the saddle and ran the black man through with his rapier.

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 4: The Danbury Expedition §23 — …The volley mortally wounded the horse of the American general and threw the greater part of his men into confusion. The dying charger fell upon his knees but Arnold remained motionless in the saddle. Those who saw him supposed him…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 4: The Danbury Expedition §43 — …During the afternoon of the 27th and the morning of the following day the young volunteers, in pursuance of general orders, were travelling in small parties, in advance of the British, to join Arnold at Saugatuck. As they passed along…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 4: The Danbury Expedition §51 — …to their aid in the hour of peril, and the impression left upon the Royal commanders was such that no hostile force, at any subsequent period of the war, ever ventured into the interior of the State, three miles from…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 4: The Danbury Expedition §22 — …The volley mortally wounded the horse of the American general and threw the greater part of his men into confusion. The dying charger fell upon his knees but Arnold remained motionless in the saddle. Those who saw him supposed him…

The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 4: The Danbury Expedition §5 — As the British forces were passing the bor-ders of Greenfield and Weston, they were reconnoitred by Doctor Hurlbut, a young physician, of the vicinity, who, mounted upon a fleet horse, felt assured of his ability to make a good…

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