The Van Cortlandt manor : anonymous address read by the late MrsJames Marsland Lawton, president-general of the Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America, at the sixth annual meeting of the New York branch held in the city of New York, January 26, 1918 . The Manor Hou-e itself was built originally for a fort, forthe protection of the tenantry against the Indians, who wereprone, at their semi-annual feasts and dances to a dangerousexcitability. Constructed of red sand-stone and oblong in shape, the wallsthree feet thick, are pierced with loop holes for musketry andembrasures for cannon, and
The Van Cortlandt manor : anonymous address read by the late MrsJames Marsland Lawton, president-general of the Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America, at the sixth annual meeting of the New York branch held in the city of New York, January 26, 1918 . The Manor Hou-e itself was built originally for a fort, forthe protection of the tenantry against the Indians, who wereprone, at their semi-annual feasts and dances to a dangerousexcitability. Constructed of red sand-stone and oblong in shape, the wallsthree feet thick, are pierced with loop holes for musketry andembrasures for cannon, and the general character of the building,its simplicity of line, the flat stone roof of its early days, andits marked resemblance to the Mohawk Valley forts, built in1638-1640, would lead one to conclude that it had perhaps beenin existence long before history speaks of it. However that maybe, tradition and events indicate that it was standing in 1681,and was a useful place of refuge to Stephanus Van Cortlandtstenants, until the Indians, being finally gone from the neigh-borhood, a second story was built over the flat roof of the fort,a veranda added and windows and doors cut through thewalls. It was now used as a hunting lodge and histor>- tells of
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