. The works of Washington Irving. t^^V^ The Van Cortlandt. Mansion—Croton River Redrawn^ from an. Old Print. .^^ Xibe IDan CortlanOt if amilB 143 ing to land. Galleys, also, were prepared, withnine-pounders mounted at the bows. Colonel Hay of Haverstraw, in a letter toWashington, rejoices that the national Con-gress are preparing to protect this great high-way of the country, and anticipates that thebanks of the Hudson were about to become thechief theatre of the war. NOTE. Thb Van Corti,anx)T Famii^y.—Two members ofthis old and honorable family were conspicuous pa-triots throughout the Revolu
. The works of Washington Irving. t^^V^ The Van Cortlandt. Mansion—Croton River Redrawn^ from an. Old Print. .^^ Xibe IDan CortlanOt if amilB 143 ing to land. Galleys, also, were prepared, withnine-pounders mounted at the bows. Colonel Hay of Haverstraw, in a letter toWashington, rejoices that the national Con-gress are preparing to protect this great high-way of the country, and anticipates that thebanks of the Hudson were about to become thechief theatre of the war. NOTE. Thb Van Corti,anx)T Famii^y.—Two members ofthis old and honorable family were conspicuous pa-triots throughout the Revolution. Pierre Van Cort-landt, the father, at this time about 56 years of age, astanch friend and ally of George Clinton, was a mem-ber of the first Provincial Congress, and president ofthe Committee of Public Safety. Governor Tryonhad visited him in his old manor-house at the mouthof the Croton, in 1774, and made him offers of royal fa-vors, honors, grants of land, etc., if he would abandonthe popular cause. His offers were nobly rejected. TheCortlandt family suffered in consequence, being at onetime o
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