[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] the history of our county. His labors also included " personal visita-tion of every spot of interest and nearly every person of advanced age.'' In addition to his History of the county, he published a " Guide to New Kochelle " and a " History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Westchester County." At the time of his death he had nearly completed a revision of his History of the county, which was issued under the editorship of his brother, the Rev. C. W. Bolton, of New Kochelle, in 1881. On the 4th of December, 1851, occurred the first serious railway accident in the history of the county. This was of a decidedly sen-sational nature. An afternoon up train from New York was stopped by the conductor above Croton to put off two men who did not pay their fare, and was run into by an engine without cars, several pas-sengers suffering injury. Another up train which followed it — an express train — was switched off to the west track and halted to render assistance; whereupon it was run into by a down train, re-sulting in more casualties. This double accident caused much news-paper comment. The Village of Tarrytown was the scene of a notable monument dedication on the 7th of October, 1853. On the spot where Major Andre was captured by Paulding, Williams, and Van Wart, Sep-tember 23, 1780, a monument in commemoration of that event was unveiled with much ceremony, the governor of the State and other