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History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 90 (part 2)

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[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] While the workmen at Sing Sing were preparing the base and the shaft, a foundation was put down and presented to the association by Mr. Seth Bird, in order to be ready for them when completed. On July 4, 1853, the corner-stone was laid by Colonel James A. Hamilton, a son of Alexander Hamilton, of the Revolution, and the occasion was celebrated by the largest procession ever seen in the village. Captain Jacob Storm, for so long a time one of the most conspicuous representatives of the old