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Pryer, Charles. The Neutral Ground. Half Moon Series, Vol. II, No. 5. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1898.
…of either party in the Neutral Ground, and
must hereafter content ourselves with resting
in their shadow, and try to keep the war
spirit alive by cavalry raids, the robberies of
the Skinners and Cowboys, and such expeditions as were…
Pryer, Charles. The Neutral Ground. Half Moon Series, Vol. II, No. 5. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1898.
…When the Skinners and the Cowboys were
struggling for the sovereignty of the " Neutral
Ground, " and shortly after one of the scions of
one of our old county families had been shot
down while standing under a walnut tree* near…
Pryer, Charles. The Neutral Ground. Half Moon Series, Vol. II, No. 5. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1898.
…Somewhat nearer Kingsbridge than the homestead visited by the Skinners and the Cowboys,
stood the Lefferts' mansion, which, unlike the
other, was deserted by its proprietor, who,
probably being a loyalist, had fled to the city. At all events he…
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.
…41^
HISTORY
WESTCHESTER
COUNTY
called Refugees, ranged
The Cowboys and Skinners ravaged the whole region/" The first, cattle
and driving them
themselves on the British side. They were employed in plundering
called Skinners, while
latter,
The
.
occupation
their
from
derived…
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.
…Both of them, Cowboys and Skinners, were treacherous, rapacious and
cruel. No region in the United States was so harassed and trampled down as this debatable ground. Hostile armies marched and countermarched over it,
and its ruined condition eloquently portrayed…
Pryer, Charles. The Neutral Ground. Half Moon Series, Vol. II, No. 5. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1898.
…Throwing his hat on a chair he remarked:
"I hope those Skinners will leave us alone
to-night ! "
The darkness increased, and as the night
wore on, all that could be heard was the roar
Ubc '"IReutral Ground"
of the…
Pryer, Charles. The Neutral Ground. Half Moon Series, Vol. II, No. 5. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1898.
…Somewhat nearer Kingsbridge than the homestead visited by the Skinners and the Cowboys,
stood the Lefferts' mansion, which, unlike the
other, was deserted by its proprietor, who,
probably being a loyalist, had fled to the city. At all events he…
Pryer, Charles. The Neutral Ground. Half Moon Series, Vol. II, No. 5. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1898.
…plundering the
inhabitants, under cover of the pretended espousal of one cause or the other, the Skinners
being the Continental robbers, while the Cowboys claimed to be loyal to the King. They
were both absolutely indifferent to the politics
of…
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 inhabitants of the
villages ceased ; they ceased in Israel."
The fearful depredations in the Neutral Ground were viewed by the
higher military authorities on the British side with entire approval,
and on the American side, it must be admitted…
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 circumstance of the continued existence during the
Revolution of the quasi-patriot organization of " Skinners," who were
fully as merciless and rapacious as the British "Cowboys," is conclusive proof of a studied disinclination on the part of the American…
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.
…Those of the inhabitants of the neutral ground who were
tories, have joined their friends in New York, and the Whigs have retired into
the interior of our country. Some of each side have faken up arms, and become 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. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition.
Those of the inhabitants
of the neutral ground who were tories, have joined their friends in New York ;
and the Whigs have retired into the interior of our country. Some of each side
have taken up arms, and become the…