History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 211
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Heath's "Memoir*," pane So. '' I'cokskill Landing, according to tradition, was the Ilolum! fArm, near Cortlamltrille. There was no landing near the present village dur-ing the Revolution. It mult he borne in mind that there were two vil-lages during the Revolutionary War, — one ut Cortlandtvllle, mid the other, consisting of twenty houses, at the site of the present village. See map by an Knglish ofticei in lloltoii's History (new edition). ■ Irving' » " Life of Washington," vol. ii. CORTLANDT. 309 major. Heath, ruffling with the pride of military law, turned to the major, with an air of authority. " Issue such orders at your peril," exclaimed he. Then, addressing Lee, "Sir," said he, " if you come to this post and mean to issue orders here which will break the positive ones I have received, I pray you to do it completely yourself and through your own