[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] specimen occurs the following: COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. -4^ Op Nipper a Des 20 Mars No. 1727. den 20 Mars heft Theis Valentin en syn Moeder hier gebracht 13i boschel tarwe vor de hner von land vor ye Tahr Ao 1726. Yonckers, January ye 28 day 1734-5. Then received of Mr. Matthiase Vallentiiie 7^ bushels of Rent wheat on behalf of Mr. Philipse. I said received by me William Peck. At the commencement of the revolutionary war this hill was rented by two grandsons of the first proprietor Thomas and Gil-bert Valentine who occupied it through the whole course of the war. In the summer of 1775, the American army threw up en-trenchments on its summit the remains of which are still visible. "When hisExcellencyGeneral Washington lay encamped on Valen-tine's hill in the fall of 1776, it was supposed to be the design of the enemy to attack his position. On this occasion Thomas Valen-tine wasengaged with the General in conversation, leaningupon the