[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] Washington was entertained at the.Manor House either during the period under consideration or subsequently. Amid the consum-ing anxieties and incessant labors incident to the great military 384 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY operation in which he was engaged, he would hardly have turned aside to accept the cold courtesies of a Tory family resident at a point somewhat distant from the line of march. Besides, Washington's appearance as a guest at the Manor House at that time would have been a rather indelicate act. On the 9th of August, only ten weeks before, he had caused the removal of Frederick Philipse, the head of the'family, to New Rochelle, and from there had ordered him to a still more remote place of detention. Finally, a letter written by Washington from Valentine's Hill to Mrs. Philipse at this precise juncture is conclusive evidence that he could not have been a visitor under her roof. Mrs. Philipse had written to him in not too amiable terms about seizures of cattle belonging to her family which had been made for the American army. His reply, dated " Headquarters at Mr. Valentine's, 22 Oct., 177(5," is couched in strictly ceremonious language. "The misfortunes of war,'' he says, "and the unhappy circumstances frequently attendant thereon to individuals, are more to be lamented titan avoided, but it is the duty of every one to alleviate these as much as possible.