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Comprehensive histories of the county and Town of Cortlandt
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| Source | Passages | Words | Link |
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| J. Thomas Scharf (1886) | 916 | 173,521 | Original → |
| Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900) | 572 | 106,421 | Original → |
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J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] oversight extends to all departments. It is a matter of Revolutionary interest in connec-tion with Dobbs Ferry that this place was agreed upon by Arnold, the traitor, and Major Andre, who was to co-operate with him in consum…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] dant culture of that grain in this vicinity." It is true, tarwe "is the old orthography of the Dutch word for wheat," and it is also the orthography at the present time. But there is no evidence that the place was ever famou…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In the record of " a town-meet-ing held as usual on the Manor the seventh day of April, 1778, and in the second year of our Indepency," (for Independency), the name of Tarrytown occurs for the first time, but spelled with on…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the old Albany Post road, now locally known as Broadway. The narrow, level Hat or bonier below the hill, which is only a few feet higher than the river itself, and now described on the map as Water Street, and the projecting…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He said he took it to get out, for he could not get over the Bridge with-1 out it, said he took it solely to get out & never intended to go back or act in Consequence of it. The Evidence then asked him why he did nut deliver…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Cain, who received orders from Major Grant to procure some men acquainted in Dutchess County, to go out recruiting — and as Manuel Litlebeck had a night or two before brought in Twenty-three Men, he was again pitched upon to
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] to a House, and on the way he took out the Warrant anil tore it in pieces for fear of its being found on him. u The Court having considered the Evidence &■ Defence of the Pris-oner, are of Opinion that he is Guilty of the ch…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] have covering, as to harass them in the 0|K>n fields by multiplying guards or their being constantly exposed in the scattered houses, to be surprised ami cut off. For these several reasons, the troops were ordered, as soon u…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] General McDougall having only a small force, destroyed the remaining stores and withdrew. The British then occupied the village. A party of them, about two hundred strong, took possession of a height south of Van Cortlandt's…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 199 interest. Here was the site of the old Indian village of Ali|>konlc, or the Place <>l' Kims, away back before 1G30, and here, one hundred and fifty years later, in 1780, was the lunette, or military redoubt, from whic h …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] adds that his thus writing is not out of apprehension for his own safety, " but," said he, "it is to rescue my-self from the imputation of having assumed a mean character for treacherous purposes or self-interest, a conduct …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] When X could no longer evade his importunity or put oil' i full reply, I remarked to him as follows : '1 bad a much-loved class-mate in Vale College by the inline of Nullum Hale, who entered the amy iu the year 177.). Immedi…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] >e in my power, I will, myself, furnish you with op-portunities for regaining the esteem which you have ormerly enjoyed." But kindness had no effect, and Arnold, madly bent tpon his own ruin, proceeded with his guilty plans.…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Ufa cawte tju'ilavait si tjloriewement defender mh-u dans son coettr. File y eta bientol de profoudes racines, et sa trahison en fut le fruit. Perdu liour la vertu la premiere fois qu'il avoit balance entre 1' observation et…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the vessel should not move from where she lay. As the tide was favorable, Amlre determined to push on from Dobbs Ferry to the ship, and that evening at seven o'clock he hoarded the" Vulture " just aboye Teller's Point. On Th…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] name, too, of ill omen as connected with this affair] but as she had dropped down the river, and he found he could not be conveyed to her, he spent the day in-solitude and concealment. The possibilities of his situation must…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Smith went with Andre to within a mile or two of Pine's Bridge across the Croton River. There he stopped to retrace his steps, and to lei Andre goon alone. Before parting they breakfasted together at the house of Isaac Under…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] place where the monument now stands, stating, as a reason for their being on the west side, that the road makes a bend just there, and they wanted to keep watch up the road, which they could not have done on the east side, a…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] To which Andre wb OLD LANDRINE HOUSE, taken alter his capture, and where he ■at on the ste| Michael Nolan, who farms, and boards some of the people connected with the construction of the New Croton aqueduct, which passes dow…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] and moat humble tenant, ■it HIS ANDRE, adjvtttnirgt m rol. " Hi* Era Uency, General Washington, Aft, Ac, <fc." That he came on shore from the Vulture sloop of war in the night of [he twenty-first of September instant, somewh…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] annually out of the public treasury two hundred dollars in specie, or an equivalent in current money of these States, during life, and that the board of war procure for each of them a silver medalon — one side of which shall…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] thereafter they wore summoned to appear as witnesses at the head-quar-ters of General Washington, at Tappau : that they were at Tappau some days, aud examined as witnesses before the court martial on the trial of Smith, who …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Wil-liams and Van Wart, by Congress, " were presented to them by General Washington, when the army was encamped at Verplanck's Point, and that they on the occasion dined at his table." In this connection it is interesting to…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] ish and Tories had driven off the whole stock belonging to the widowed mothers of these boys; for if fame speaks true, neither of the three were of age; and according to the usages of war, they were justified in a re-capture…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] should rise. So they girded themselves for business and began. If the committees would not do the work, they would. And they did it. They drew up sub-scription papers, and presented them everywhere. Soon they saw the dawning…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] While the workmen at Sing Sing were preparing the base and the shaft, a foundation was put down and presented to the association by Mr. Seth Bird, in order to be ready for them when completed. On July 4, 1853, the corner-sto…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] by the dragoons and French guard. Captain llurlburt, Captain-Lieu-tenant Miles, Quartermaster Shaylor and others jumped into the river and made for the sloops, in order to extinguish the fire, which they did, and saved the v…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The largest of their ships sustained the greatest damage; many shots were fired through her, and one of our shells, bursting on board her, threw them in great confusion; eighteen or twenty of their men jumped overboard, thre…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] GRE KNBURGH. 233 " was not merely a great warrior, but a medicine-man, a prophet or a conjurer," and ruled the adjacent country "from Yonkers quite to Sleepy Hollow." The name of Sleepy Hollow, indeed, according to Mr. Irvin…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Up to the time of the Revolution the place had formed a part of the old Manor of Philipsburgh, and was occupied by Jacob Van Tassel as a tenant under his feudal lord, Frederick Philipse, but when the latter went over to the …