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History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 153 (part 3)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] It is unquestionable, however, that on more than one occasion during the Revolution he was the guest of the patriotic Colonel James Van Cortlandt at the old Van Cortlandt mansion in the " Little Vonkers." The old Valentine house, from which Washington's Vonkers dis-patches were dated, was torn down many years ago. Headquarters were continued on Valentine's Hill during the 21st and 22d, and on CAMPAIGN AND BATTLE OF WHITE PLAINS 385