[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] But though the 14th of May was Evacuation Day for Westchester County, it was not until the 25th of November that the British troofjs in New York City took their farewell. The deportation of the thou-sands of Tories to Nova Scotia, the West Indies, and Great Britain taxed all the shipping facilities of Sir Guy Carleton until that time. As the great day approached, Washington made his arrangements for taking possession of the city in conjunction with The constituted authorities of the State of New York. lie dispatched from West Point, through our county, a force sufficient for the occupation of Kingsbridge and other outlying posts as they should bo surrendered. And (hen, attended by his staff and joined by Governor Clinton, Lieutenant-Governor Van Cortlandt, and other representatives of the State government, he followed. The following itinerary of the dis-tinguished party through Westchester County is from a memoran-dum written at the time by Lieutenant-Governor Van Cortlandt: I went from Peekskill, Tuesday, the 18th of November, in company with his excellency Gov. Clinton, Col. Benson, and Col. Campbell; lodged that night with Gen. [Philip] Cort-landt at Croton River, proceeded and lodged Wednesday night [l'.Hh] at Edw. Coven-haven's where we mett his excellency Gen. Washington and his Aids. The next night [20th] we lodged with Mr. Frederick Van Cortlandt at The [Little] Yonkers, after having dined with Gen. Lewis Morris.