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HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



The ground, on which lias been commenced the new village of Bar- 

 tow, rises gently from Hutchinson's River, and commands fine views 

 of the Sound, Mount Vernon, and an extensive landscape. The Town 

 Hall of Pelham township is adjacent, and likewise the Pelham bridge, 

 which affords the finest fishing and boating along that side of the River. 

 West Neck, the estate of the late Philip Schuyler, Esq., joins the vil- 

 i >n the north, originally belonged to John Pell, a grandson of John 

 Lord Pell. The old mansion, which formerly occupied the site of the 

 Schuyler residence, was removed in 1850 and is now used as a carriage 

 house and stable. Here, during the Revolutionary war, the daughters 

 of John Pell and Mary Totten were frequently in the habit of entertain- 

 ing the British officers, who would drive up from New York. The ad- 



joining estate to the Bartows on the east is Oakshade, the property of 

 Richard Lewis Morris, M. D., son of James Morris, and grandson of 

 General Lewis Morris of Morrisania, one of the signers of the Declara- 

 tion of Independence. The house is a very beautiful specimen of the 

 Italian villa style. The south front commands a fine view of the Pelham 

 Neck and the Sound. The old Le Roy mansion, now the estate of the 

 Rodgers' family, is also finely situated, and embraces every variety of 

 water view. But the most to be admired in this situation is the good 

 taste with which art has added her charms to those of nature, the grounds 

 being tastefully laid out to the water's edge, and embellished with ex- 

 tensive green and fruit houses. 



Hunter's Island, sometimes denominated Henderson's or Appleby Is- 

 land, now owned by Alvah Higgins, Esq., is connected with the main by 

 a stone causeway and bridge. The mansion which is situated about the 

 centre of the Island, has the most commanding views of the vicinity. 

 It is constructed of stone, with wings on the east and west. The south 

 front presents a collonade of the Ionic order, from which an extensive 

 and delightful prospect presents itself to the eye. Before you is a fine 

 belt of woods, to the east a boundless expanse of water, while on the 



