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Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…From Cortlandt : Privates, John Brackin, William Connor, Charles Hartman, Robert Hitchcock, Elvin Howes, Henry C. Purdy, Daniel Ryan. From North Castle ; Privates, W. H. Dayton, Lewis M. White. From Mount Pleasant : Privates, John W. Farrington, Ab'm B. Hammond, Henry…
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Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…discussed, was promptly rejected by a vote of ten, in the affirmative, among whom were Judge Thomas and Pierre Van Cortlandt, against fifteen, 4 One of those letters, if not more of them, was noticed in our statement of the…
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Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…The lots south of the Croton were also numbered in the same way, and called "Lots South of Croton." The fourth clause of the Will of Stephanus Van Cortlandt directed that when a division was decided upon it should be…
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Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…Pierre Van Cortlandt, and Col. Gilbert Drake, were duly " elected agreeable to the resolves of the Provincial Congress, to repre- " sent this county until the Second Tuesday of May next ; and that it " w;is voted by the people that…
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Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…Thereupon it was resolved, that Colonel Van Cortlandt and Mr. Z. Piatt^ be directed to repair immediately to the Highlands. '^ » Jour. N. Y. Pro. Cou Book I. 523. t- A distinguished ofEcer of the American service, grandfather of Lewis C…
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Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…discussed, was promptly rejected by a vote of ten, in the affirmative, among whom were Judge Thomas and Pierre Van Cortlandt, against fifteen, * One of those letters, if not more of them, was noticed in our statement of the measures…
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O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1851.
…Inglis) exemplary in his life and assiduous in his pastoral duty, but distinguished by his steady loyalty and warm attachment to the constitution in Church and State." His remains w2re deposited i in the family vault of the Van Cortlandts…
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Bolton, Reginald Pelham. Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis. New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1922.
Van Cortlandt avenue, once the Indian Shore path 116 INDIAN NOTES ILLUSTRATIONS INDIAN PATlfS XXVI. The Indian pond, in the Indian field, alongside Mechawani- enck, the ancient pathway. ... 166 XXVII. The victims of prehistoric warfare buried at Ward point, near…
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Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…The officers and soldiers of the Revolution preceded by General Philip van Cortlandt, now the senior surviving officer of the continental army. These passed through the line, conducted by General Hammond and suite, and the marshal of the day, to…
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Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…These sales clearly show that the -rea^ lots were agam subdivided by the devisees of Stephanus van Cortlandt. Many of the descendants of the above mentioned grantees still occupy the patrimonial estates in fee simple. The .oldest record relating to…
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Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…gives the reason for enacting the law in these words; -- "But inasmuch as the Heirs of the said Stephanus van Cortlandt, by Reason of the said Manor's remaining undivided among them, and otherwise, had not, untill very lately, asserted…
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Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
The explanation of that apparent contradiction may be found iu the fact that that short lived third Provincial Congress was dissolved before Colonel Pierre Van Cortlandt took his seat in it or was qualilicd to do so, by his taking…
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Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
Hence his two-thirds il was liable to confiscation. ' Balthazar Bayard was > therefore appointed to take charge of the two-thirds I of the estate which belonged to the government and r, John Lawrence, Stephanus Van Cortlandt and !■ Walter Webley…
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Ruttenber, E.M. History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River; their origin, manners and customs; tribal and sub-tribal organizations; wars, treaties, etc., etc. Albany: J. Munsell, 1872.
…In Breeden Raedt they are called Hogelanders, while in the treaty of 1644 ( 0' Callaghan, i, 302), they are called Nochpeems, a title which corresponds with the name of one of their villages on Van der Donck's It is…
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Bolton, Reginald Pelham. Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis. New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1922.
Van Cortlandt avenue, once the Indian Shore path 116 INDIAN NOTES ILLUSTRATIONS INDIAN PATlfS XXVI. The Indian pond, in the Indian field, alongside Mechawani- enck, the ancient pathway. ... 166 XXVII. The victims of prehistoric warfare buried at Ward point, near…
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…manors, was just beginning to be divided and valued — but was, as yet, hard- Odell, Hyatt, Wildey, Acker, Beekman, Van Cortlandt — the names of ly "developed." The new public work would bring pure and abundant these Westchester landholders of the…
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Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…Bibby having retired from practice and spent the last years of his life on the Van Cortlandt Manor. During the late war Dr. Varian was a strong friend of the Union and plainly outspoken in his sentiments. During the riots…
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O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1850.
…Hayne & Torrecos. [Translation.) The Heern Stephanus van Cortlandt Piter Jacobez Marius Johannis kip & Johannis Keryfbyll. Myn Heeren Our last to you was of the S<^ Jan. 1699 wherein it was stated that Bartholomew Rushton and William Green were alive in…
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Bolton, Reginald Pelham. Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis. Indian Notes and Monographs, Vol. II, No. 7. New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1922.
Van Cortlandt avenue, once the Indian Shore path 116 INDIAN NOTES ILLUSTRATIONS XIII. Acqueanounck, the Hutchinson river, where the Shore path crossed 120 XIV. The old Eastchester and Westchester road, once the Indian trail from the Siwanoy settlements 122 XV…
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O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1850.
…humble servants Rip Van Daji A. D. Philipse j v. cortlandt Leendert huygen de kley 160 PAPERS RELATING TO KINGS COUNTY. MINORITY REPORT. To The Honourable Coloi Richard Ingoldsby Lieutenant Goyr & Comander in chief in & over her majesties Provinces of…
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Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…Peter's Church of Cortlandt," 28th August, lS40.c This church is annexed to a much older one of the same name, situated two miles north of the village, where occasional services are still performed. The Dutch Reformed Church is…
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Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…west of the aforesaid creek which lies by Stcphanus van Cortiandt'a land, including all the meadows both fresh and salt within said bounds, containing in all 1800 acres or thereabouts." The tenure like that of the Manor was " in…
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Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…General Van Cortlandt ardently supported Mr. Clinton; but Governor Tomjikins, though unwilling to be regarded as inimical to him, yet felt himself bound to support Mr. Madison as the representative not only of the national Democracy, but of the measures…
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Bolton, Reginald Pelham. Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis. Indian Notes and Monographs, Vol. II, No. 7. New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1922.
…The path curved around Tetard hill as Albany avenue now runs, crossing near 238th street a small brook descending the hillside, and thence extending on a nearly straight course northward toward Van Cortlandt Park, where it found a practicable crossing…
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Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…Seven of Mosher's party were from the farm of General Pierre van Cortlandt, Cortlandtown. » On the east side of the road leading from the Purchase to Rye, lies the grave of an old veteran by the name of John…
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Ruttenber, E.M. History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River; their origin, manners and customs; tribal and sub-tribal organizations; wars, treaties, etc., etc. Albany: J. Munsell, 1872.
302), they are called Nochpeems, a title which corresponds with the name of one of their villages on Van der Donck's It is not impossible that the Tankitekes extended into the highlands on the east, and that their chief…
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Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…15 Abraham Emmons, of Yonkers, was one of those, in the Yonkers Company, who had voted for Frederic Van Cortlandt for its Captain, and who had united with that gentleman, who was the defeated candidate, in disregarding the Election and…
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Ruttenber, E.M. Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware. Published in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. VI. 1906.
…Biographical Sketch, Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt. New York Centennial Volume, pp. 537-538. Craig, Neville B. : The Olden Time. Vol. 2. pp. 308-317. Pittsburgh. 1848. Same. Vol. I. p. 308 et seq. 8 vo. Robert Clark & Co., Cincinnati. 1876…
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Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…Pierre van Cortlandt, jun : Happy iho man, and he alone, Who, master of himself, can saj', To day at least haih been my own, For 1 have clearly lived to-day. [D. P. Madison. Next occurs a letter from Gen…
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Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…The second is also richly engraved whh antique figures, representing angels, birds, fruits and flowers, beside, three ovals containing emblematic figures of Faith, Hope and Charity, near the top is engraved the name of Catharina van Cortlandt, this cup stands…
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