[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] Association to the Captors of Major Andre" was organized in the village, the most prominent promoters of the movement being Amos 494: HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY R. (Mark and N. Holmes Odell. The locality where the capture oc-curred was at that time owned by William Taylor, a colored man and ex-slave, and he donated sufficient land for the purpose. The corner-stone was laid July 4, 1853, with much local ceremony, by Colonel James A. Hamilton, a son of Alexander Hamilton. The re-sulting monument, consisting of a base and shaft of conventional pattern, was < nt from Sing Sing marble, material and labor being I ho uift of the officials of the State Prison. The inscription was written by the lion. James Iv. Paulding, ex-secretary of the navy and the intimate friend of Washington Irving. On the 7th of October, 1853, the monument was dedicated. Governor Horatio Seymour and staff, many distinguished guests, and a great concourse of people being present. After an appropriate address by Governor Seymour, the oration of the day was delivered by Henry J. Raymond, the fa-mous editor of the New York Times. This oration, admirable alike for its well proportioned treatment of the varied aspects of the theme, its elevation of feeling and warmth of sympathy, its beauty yet sim-plicity of diction, is probably the most satisfactory epitome of the story of Andre in its significant relations that is to be found in all