[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] day. There are associated with our manor hall many real historic incidents of interest and many stories which are of doubtful foundation. It entertained within its walls many of the best known historic persons of the colonial period. Washington and some of his generals are said to have passed several days and nights within it about the time of the battle of White Plains, in October, 177<>. The southwest room, in the second story, is especially sacred to memory as the general's bed-chamber. To the romantic story of his fascina-tion with Mary Philipse we have already alluded as now discredited. If. however, the incident ever oc-curred, it is not connected with this house or with the Revolutionary period, but with the city home of Bev-erley Robinson and with the year 1756. Mary Philipse grew uji within this house, however, and, on the L9tb of January, 1758, was married to Colonel Morris within its walls. With Colonel Philipse's tenure of the manor came in that series of events which culminated in the out-break of the American Revolution, The subject of this convulsing struggle, as far a> it affected West-chester County, or is connected with its history, has been treated in a general paper at the beginning of this work. As far as we know, there were no skir-mishes within the town of Yonkers; but. lying as the town did within the " neutral ground," its ridges and valleys were afflicted with raids that did great injury to the homes ami property of its people.