[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Soon after the army was disbanded, and the musical instruments of the band of the Second New York and the colors of the two regiments were presented by Colonel Van Cortlandt to (Jeorge Clin-ton at Poughkeepsie. In 1 7S:{ Congress conferred on Philip Van Cort-landt the rank of Brigadier-General for gallant con-duct at Yorktown. lie returned to the Manor House, but his activity of mind and body prevented him from leading a quiet life. He was one of the ( 'oinmissioners of Forfeitures, and was sent by the di>lrict in which he resided, for sixteen years as its representative in Congress. He filled many local offices in his own tow n of Cortlandt, acting as supervisor, school com* missioner and road master, scrupulously discharging the duties of each office w ith the same zeal and activ-ity he had displayed when heading his regiment in ■ Sketch bj Hn Pknuelee. New Yurk Genealogical and Biugraphitifl Record. -Ibid. COI!TLANI>T. the field. He had been one of the original members and founders of the Cincinnati Society, established at the cantonment of the army on the banks of the Hud-son in I7.SI5, and was on most intimate terms with all the foreign officers belonging to this Society. In 1*24 Lafayette, his old comrade in arms, visited this country.