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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I — Passage 122

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[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 321 Philipsburghj founder of the Dutch church at Sleepy Hollow; and for many years a leading member of the governor's council. Upon the arrival of Henry Sloughter as governor of the prov-ince, on the 19th of March, 169 J, we find the following mem-bers present at a council meeting, holden the same day, viz. Jo-seph Dudley, Frederick Philipse, Stephen van Cortlandt, Gabriel Monville, Chiidley Brooke, Thomas Willet, and William Pin-borne. a In the assize records at Albany, occurs '"a pass to Frederick Philipse, to put on board the sloop called ye Cock 250 schepels of Wheat, to be carried to Milford Mill to be ground, (fee. Permit and suffer Frederick Philipse to land on board the sloop ye Cock 250 schepels of Wheat, to be carryed to ye Mill at Mil-ford for his conveniency of having it ye sooner ground for his occasions, he engaging that the floure and meale thereof shall be brought back to this place. Given under my hand at Fort James, in New Yorke, the 22d day of April, 1671. To ye officers of ye-customs, >_."• ' ". or whom else this may concern." The annexed items, are taken from the family ledger of the Philipse's : — 1680, John Reyder is debett, According to accounte de-] lijwered, £3956:2 yn 1 n^qi wampum. Com in hoi-\ lans, J 16 To the Sherryf, a byll of Exchang yn hollans, 1500 :— Apoyt 20 Toyn Sylver, ■..,,^_,