[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Our only work here is to bring to a close the history of the Philipse family, as connected with our town, and tell of the collapse, and the changes that accomplished the collapse, of the Philipse manor. Colonel Philipse declined to espouse the American cause in 17~i'>. The American authorities arrested him alter the battle of White Plains and removed him to Hartford. In 1777 he took refuge in New York and afterwards went to England, where he died at Chest < i April 30, 17S.">, at nearly sixty-five years of age. He 5T0NKERS. 15 was buried in the Cathedral Church of that city. A tablet, erected in that church to his memory, pays a tribute to his personal qualities, which is, no doubt, eminently just.1 Prepared from the English point of view, however, it reflects severely on what it calls "the late rebellion in North America," and "the usurped Legislature" of this province. What prompted this tombstone attack was that our Legislature, in 1779, had declared Colonel Philipse attainted of treason and his property confiscated to the State. It took this course with many who maintained adherence to the crown. The British government, however, partly re-imbursed these people for their losses, as we have al-ready seen in the cases of Colonels Robinson and Morris. Similarly considerate of Colonel Philipse, it gave him about three hundred thousand dollars.