History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 123 (part 5)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] They remained for a night at the Manor House, and the next morning Governor Tryon proposed a walk. They all proceeded to one of the highest points on the estate, and, pausing, Tryon announced to the listening Van Cort-landt the great favors that would be granted to him if he would espouse the royal cause and give his adhesion to the king and the parliament. Large grants of land would be added to his estate, and Tryon hinted that a title might be bestowed. Van Cortlandt answered that "he was chosen a'representative by unanimous approbation of a people who placed confidence in his integrity to use all his ability for their benefit and the good of his country as a true patriot, which line of conduct he was determined to pursue." Tryon, finding persuasion and ISAAC WILKIN!: which gj EVENTS FROM 1765 TO 1775 291