The parsonage between two manors; annals of Clover-Reach . hose wel-fare in these turbulent times was an anxiety tothem. Philip Livingston the brother of their neigh-bor of the near-by Livingston Manor, had been oneof the Signers of the Declaration of Morris, the brother of Richard Morris, amember of the Claverack congregation, was anotherSigner. Every set-back of the war put these bravemens lives in jeopardy. The Domine and his wifehad left the Signers in Philadelphia and New Yorkonly to find them again, or their families, in thisfair country place. The Committee of Safety
The parsonage between two manors; annals of Clover-Reach . hose wel-fare in these turbulent times was an anxiety tothem. Philip Livingston the brother of their neigh-bor of the near-by Livingston Manor, had been oneof the Signers of the Declaration of Morris, the brother of Richard Morris, amember of the Claverack congregation, was anotherSigner. Every set-back of the war put these bravemens lives in jeopardy. The Domine and his wifehad left the Signers in Philadelphia and New Yorkonly to find them again, or their families, in thisfair country place. The Committee of Safety established and main-tained a night-watch during the most troublesometimes, consisting of twelve men each night, servingtwo by two for two hours and a half. Companies ofClaverack men were engaged in the war, and manyfears were entertained that the British might sailup the Hudson, and find even this retired settle-ment. In 1777 this fear seemed about to be realized when 30 Digitized by Microsoft® ps ^ > ? « o o cs -I -I (0 ^ a. JS I? £. I5 O c =X 0). Digitized by Microsoft® Digitized by Microsoft® WAR STORIES AT HOME. General Vaughan landed at Clermont, and fired theresidence of Chancellor Livingston and the ManorHouse occupied by his mother, in revenge for theprominent part the Chancellor had taken in theRevolution. The burning of Kingston had fallenheavily on the hearts of the little family at the par-sonage, who remembered with gratitude the kind-ness they had received while tarrying there for atime without home or near friends. It also seemedto them that the destruction of war followed hardafter them. The Livingstons of Clermont were inclose touch with the Van Rensselaers of Johannes Van Rensselaer the Patroon of theLower Van Rensselaer Manor had married AngelicaLivingston, a cousin of Robert Livingston 2nd, thefirst proprietor of the Lower Manor of Clermont,and many of the members of the Claverack congre-gation were Palatines from the neighboring L
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