History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . rtly obtained by public lottery, a common mode atthe time of* raising money for purposes of general 752 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. necessity. The conversion of this building in theRevolution into an hospital, during the British occu-pation of the town, gives it peculiar interest. Thesufferings here endured, and the many deaths withinits walls would, independent of its subsequent higherconsecration, diffuse around it all the odor of is possib
History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . rtly obtained by public lottery, a common mode atthe time of* raising money for purposes of general 752 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. necessity. The conversion of this building in theRevolution into an hospital, during the British occu-pation of the town, gives it peculiar interest. Thesufferings here endured, and the many deaths withinits walls would, independent of its subsequent higherconsecration, diffuse around it all the odor of is possible that occasional religious services mayhave been held here between 1783 and 1787,—such,for instance, as that conducted by the Rev. Benja-min Moore, afterwards Bishop of New York, whocame up, it is said, from the city and preached from ahogshead, with this suggestive text: Let your mod-eration be known unto all men. However, in themonth of June, 1787, the building found an import-ant use in the session in it of the Court of Oyer andTerminer, Chief Justice Richard Morris celebrated Colonel Aaron Burr appeared as one. HAL8ET ]iart of which was the original Vincent House of the counselors of this court in several of the casesbefore it, the most notable of which was that of Isa-mer Granger, charged with horse-stealing, who was,notwithstanding the efforts of his able defender, con-victed and sentenced to death. Soon after the ad-journment of this court the necessary additions andimprovements to the building were commenced, « hichfitted it for its intended religious service. It was notconsecrated, however, until 1S(;. In 1868 a chancel was built, which, as yet, servesonly for vestry-room and Sunday-school purposes. 1 On the 5th of July the Kev. In Cutler, paminK on his way to NewYork, writes—At Kast Clienter niw a Stone Church which was by the Ilritish troop* ; the windows, w hich were remarkable fortheir size, were taken ..nt atel de
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