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History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 329 (part 3)

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[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The head-quarters of the Count de Rochambeau are said to have been at the residence of Captain Henry Strang, which was near the present Fair Grounds, and several hun-dred feet east of the residence of the late J. Hazard Strang. Ovens constructed by the French for baking bread are still to be seen on the Flewellen farm, and a num-ber of military buttons have been found there. While the feeling between the French and Ameri-cans was generally friendly, there were some lawless