[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] To the east of the house, the Mosholu (Tippetts brook) pent up by the mill dam, forms an extensive sheet of water, which is greatly en-riched by the vicinity of green meadows, orchards and neighbor-ing hills. South of the pond is situated the old mill. Amid the ^rove of locusts on George's point, a little north of the mill, stood the original residence of the Van Cortlandts. The interior of the present house is neatly fitted up and fur-nished, its drawing room and library windows look out on beau-tiful prospects, in the latter apartment are some fine family por-traits: Henry White, jr., by Jarvis; Vice Admiral Sir John White, in full uniform, a copy by Chapman from the original of Jarvis; Augustus van Cortlandt, by Jarvis; Thomas Bibby, COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 453 by Chapman; Mr. Babcock, by Stewart; and Henry White sen., by Copley. The old family Bible of the Van Cortlandts, printed at Am-sterdam, A. D. 1714, contains some curious memoranda of the Jay family. The first entry occurs New York den 19th Jan'ry, 1723 4. During the early period of the Revolutionary war this house