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History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 92 (part 2)

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[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Up to the time of the Revolution the place had formed a part of the old Manor of Philipsburgh, and was occupied by Jacob Van Tassel as a tenant under his feudal lord, Frederick Philipse, but when the latter went over to the King the land was forfeited to the State, and on December (i, 1785, the place was con-veyed to Jacob in fee-simple by the Commissioners of Forfeitures.

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