[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] hundred lino houses, and a profusion of ornamental trees covering nearly the whole surface of the land. As a sample of the extensivo tree-planting, I may mention that when Col. Hamilton built his house, iu 1830, there was but one treo on the entire plot of ground, probably fifty acres in extent, and when the Colonel asked Mr. Irving what name he should give to this place, Mr. Irving suggested 'Single Tree Hall' as a suitable appellation. This place as you know, is now almost a forest. 11 In the year 18-49 the only means of communication between the city and the banks of the Hudson, was by steamboats, and of these, there were only three. The 1 Columbus ' went up the river every morning at seven, landing at all the villages on the east bank, and ending her route, I think, at Sing Sing, Peekskill. "The 'Armenia' left New York at four p.m., and carried all the passen-gers and freight for the various places as far as Peekskill. • There was also a small boat called the ' Warren,' which ran between Haverstraw and New York, taking the landings on the west side. I remember coming down in this last boat one morning in company with the late Archbishop Hughes and Hugh Maxwell, and enjoying their instructive and genial conversation on the way.