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History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 245

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[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] New York lawyer. Westchester JP" 'H^ County gave Mr. Tilden, at the elec-w~ AJ^ tiou of 1870, 12,050 votes, a majority ^0 igj fc|< of 2,17b over Mr. Hayes, his principal I ^ **pw opponent. ( 3&^ lj Peter Cooper, in his boyhood, lived in Peekskill, where his father con-\=^\^fi> ducted a small beer brewery. Fie sQiS^ -> went to New York City at the age of JmjFjr^ ""' seventeen to seek his fortune, and was /w^m 4^' ~~7-jfl not subsequently, to our knowledge, /.Jr Wm connected with our county. 7 ^'-J[ If Six new villages were incorporated / Zr' /