[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] At the end of the dinner the cloth was removed and some Madeira wine was brought, which was passed around whilst drinking the health to the King of France, the French army, etc." We find also the following extract worthy of note: "On the 16th [Aug., 1781], having gone to Peekskill to see our magazines and two churches * which I was fitting up to serve as hospiials for us in case of need," etc. July 1st Washington sent Lincoln with eight hun-dred men to attempt the surprise of Fort George, on Manhattan Island, while Lauzan's legion were to make an attack on De Lancey's corps at MorrUania. At 3 a.m. on the 2nd Washington leftPeekskill with the main army. In August the commanders of the allied armies deemed it expedient to change their plans and 2 Peekskill originally was at what is now Cortlandtville. 3 In present village. The Birdsall House, Washington's headquarters at Peekskill, has been gone for many years. It stood on the southwest corner of Main and Division Streets, a frame building, erected by Daniel Birdsall shortly after the founding of the present village, in 1764. After his death, w hich took place October 29, 1800, it was occupied by his son for more than half a century, during which time the interior arrangements cf the house remained unchanged. After his death the house was torn down.