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Dutch colonial documents, Van Cortlandt deeds, and early Westchester settlement
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| Source | Passages | Words | Link |
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| E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856) | 1005 | 189,431 | Original → |
| Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848) | 325 | 61,761 | Original → |
| Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848) | 236 | 43,115 | Original → |
| E.B. O'Callaghan (1849) | 153 | 26,639 | Original → |
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Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] >■ 'i *^ '^-'• To ensure complete success, the expedition was placed under the direction of a trusty guide, who professed to be intimately acquainted with the homes and haunts of the savages. This party started in the fore…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] One of the conditions of the above treaty was the surrender of the murderer of Clas Smits, dead or alive; a condition which however was never fulfilled, owing either to unwillingness or in-ability on the part of the Indian…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] men might be seen, mangled and helpless, suffering from cold and hunger; children were tossed into the stream, and as their parents plunged to their rescue, the soldiers prevented their land-ing, that both child and parent…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] plank, nine feet high, and bound around with thick beams, and studded with port holes. Though it was calculated that thirty Indians could hold out, in one of these, against two hundred soldiers, strange to tell, the whole …
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] pal enemies have been nnmolested. This peace hath borne little frnit for the common advantage and reputation of our lords, &c.; for so soon as these savages had stowed away their maize into holes, they began again, to mnrd…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] 172 HISTORY OF THE,. ocean," a solemn and durable peace wiih the Dutch, which both the contracting parties reciprocally bound themselves honorably and firmly to maintain and observe."* The ralification of this important tr…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] " On this day, the date underwritten, appeared before the noble Lords, the Director General, and the council, Megiegichkama, Oleyochgue, and Weg-taJiOckhen; the right owners of the lands lying on the North River of New Net…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] In consideration of which, the before-mentioned owners do hereby the said land convey, transport, and give over, to the aforesaid (noble Lords the Direc-tor General, and his successors in full, true, and free ownership : T…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] For on tlie Cth of March, 1660, we find Ackhongh, the chief and counsellor of Weecqjiaesqueeck,i\ppei\nng in the city of New Amsterdam, before the Director General and Council, to treat for peace. b On the lOih of July, 16…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Souwe-iiaro also stated that his people were only eighty strong which could bear arms, and that they had, consequently, left their fort
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] 'J'o Kitchtawangh, whose chief is Currupin, four. Kiskingthing and Sint Sinck have do chiefs, but are consid-ered to belong to those savages. » On the 2lst of October, 1663, we find the chiefs of Weecquaes-qneeck, united w…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] 446. <i This refers to a former purchase. 176 HISTORY OF THE said land, north-east and by east until it comes to and meets with the creek called Neppizan, if the said creek shall fall within that line, otherwise to ex-tend…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] of powder, 70 fathom of wampum, 6 coates, 10 bars of lead, 7 pair of stockin^^s, 2 drawing knives. The second sale to Philipse embraces lands situated south of the former, bearing date the 13th of April, 1682. *' Beginning…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Upon the 6th of September, 1682, Frederick Philipse purchased of tlie native Indians : '. ' ' " All that tract of land situate, lying and being on the east side of Hudson's river, beginning on the north side of the land be…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] b See Yonckers; also Philipsburgh Patent. c Book of Pat. Alb. v. 64. This deed includes the southern part of Greenburgh, from the northern line of Yonkers to Dobb's Ferry. Vol. I. 23 17S HISTORY OF THE creek Neppiran, howe…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Under the com-missioners they were parcelled out for small sums, to the Van Tassels, Van Warts, Odells, Lawrences, Posts, Archers, Harts, Ackers, Dyckmans and Requas, former tenants of the manor in pursuance of the aci of …
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Vines, besides two daughters, two sons, Jeremiah and Peter. Se-veral sons of the latter are still living in Greenburgh. The Indian name of this place, as already shown was, Weec-qu£es-guck, literally ^^ the place of the ha…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] This ferry was selected by General Arnold and Major Andre as the place of their first meeting, *' Andre's letter to Sheldon, (observes Mr. Sparks, in his Life of Arnold,) when divested of its disguise, will be seen to have…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] By some oversight the boats had not been withdrawn, or it may have been expected that Ar-nold would come with a flag, which appears not to have been the
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] » Downing's Rural Architecture, 335. 192 HISTORY OF THE Above the peaked turret of the portal, pttters a horse in full gallop, once the weathercock of the great Van der Hydeii palace at Albany; the other upon the eastern g…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] onsly in the writings of Died rich Knickerbocker. During the stormy period of the revolution, it belonged to "Jacob Van Tassel, or Van Texel, as the name was originally spell, after the place in Holland, which gave birth t…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Others were tories, and adherents to the old kingly rule; some of whom took refuge within the British lines, joined the royal bands of refugees, a name odious to the American ear, and occasionally returned to harrass their…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Immediately north of Van Tassel house is the residence of ^ Knickerbocker Magazine. COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 197 Philip R. Pciulding, Esq. delightfully seated on a bold bank of the Hudson; it commands from its elevated posit…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] blessed. — Prov. x. 7. The Rev. William Creighton, D. D., first and present incurn-betit. Upon a commanding eminence, nearly in front of the Episco-pal church, stands the mausoleum of the Cobb family. The lower portion con…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Joseph Wilson, present minister. The Methodist society of Tarrytown was first organized by the Rev. Mr. Witsell of Haverstraw, A. D. IS31. The present church was erected in 1840. Since that period it has been at-tached to …
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] 204 HISTORY OF THE ject for a remonstrance to the commanding oiEcer,and a flag with a letter was accordingly dispatched. The letter was dared on the 2lst Sept.; it was in the handwriting of Andr6, signed by the captain of …
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] come on shore. Smith was left with the captain of the vessel for abont a qnarter of an hour, when Robinson returned with a person whom he introduced as Mr. Anderson. He excused him-self from going ashore, but this person w…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] house, and with a coat of Smith's, covered by the dark great-coat, with "a wide cape and buttoned close to his neck," Andre was equipped for the journey. Accordingly in the morning, he and Smith proceeded to King's Ferry. …
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] The captain was unusually inquisitive, and demanded of him who he was, where he belonged, and what was his business. Smith answered these questions promptly, adding tiiat he had a pass from General Arnold, and desired not …
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] According to Smith's account, it was a weary and restless night to his companion. The burden on his thoughts was not of a kind to lull them to repose; and the place of his retreat so near the watchful Captain Boyd and his …