[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] still forming its habits and fixing its principles; and I thank God, that among her best habits is that of cherishing the memory of her benefactors. The deed that we are now doing, my friends, in gratitude and modesty, is not to be done for this day alone. In some distant period, when the traveller shall inquire of our descendants, " Whose monument is this ]" they shall answer, with pleasure and pride, " This is the grave of Isaac van Wart, who was an incorruptible patriot and a good Christian. He lived with our ancestors, and was one of them, and they appreciated his services; and to perpetuate his memory, erected this tomb stone, and gave it in charge to us to keep it from profanation. Nearly half a century before this monument was built, the Con-'■" The late General Philip van Cortlandt. COUNTY OF WE^STCHESTER. 241 script Fathers of America had, in the senate chamber, voted he was a faithful patriot, one in whom the love of country was invincible — and this monument bears testimony that the record is true. Mr. Francis Kain then gave the finishing stroke to the monument, after which the military escort divided into three sections; each division fired one round. The procession was again formed by the marshal in the same order as before. The officers and soldiers of the Revolution, on the right, passed