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In the immediate vicinity of the latter is situated Font Hill, the seat 

 of Mr. Edwin Forrest, now owned by the Sisters of Charity of St. 

 Vincent de Paul. They have erected a very large young ladies academy. 

 The old edifice which is of stone, after the designs of Mr. Thos C. 

 Smith, presents a fine specimen of the English castellated style. The 

 building has six towers, affording extended views of the Hudson River; 

 the highest of these called the flag or stair tower, is seventy-one feet 

 from the surface of the ground. 



The gothic residence of the late Thomas W. Ludlow occupies a very 

 pleasant spot on the bank of the river, a short distance south of the 

 village, on a plateau with hills to the east, and the river in front to the 

 west. From this place the noble Hudson appears in all its glory. The 

 edifice is built of brick in the Elizabethian style. The exterior presents 

 quite the beau ideal of an old English country residence. A pretty 

 lodge in the rural gothic order adorned the entrance of the grounds, but 

 has given way to a progress of the age; which by cutting streets through 

 the old domain, long since separated the place into many streets. Mr. 

 Thomas W. Ludlow is the youngest son of Thomas Ludlow, Esq., who 

 was Marshal of the Court of Admiralty in iy8o. a The family of 

 Ludlow derives its surname from the ancient town so denominated, in 

 the county of Salop, England. They afterwards removed to High 

 Deverell in Wiltshire, about the middle of the 14th century; at which 

 time lived William Ludlow, Esq., of High Deverell, from whom lineally 

 descended Sir Henry Ludlow, Knt. of Maiden Bradley, in the county 

 of Wilts, M. P. for that shire, father of Edmund Ludlow, the celebrated 

 Republican General during the civil wars, who died in exile, at Vevay, 

 in Switzerland, in 1693, where a monument is erected to his memory. 

 The half brother of Sir Henry Ludlow, was Edmund Ludlow, Esq. 

 ancestor of the American branch. Of this family, is Henry Ludlow, 

 Esq. 



Near the city of Yonkers, is situated the farm and residence of the 

 late Elijah Rich. Directly opposite the house, a commanding eminence 

 of rocks rises very abruptly. Up the side of this steep precipice, General 

 Washington, pursued by the enemy's patrol, was compelled to fly to 

 escape capture. From the high grounds in the rear, are fine views of 

 the river. Here, in 1777, a memorable engagement took place between 

 the two British frigates, the Rose and the Phoenix, which lay off at an- 

 chor, and the gun-boats of the patriots which sallied out of the harbor of 

 Yonkers, having in tow a large tender filled with combustibles, intend- 



a His staff of office is still preserved at Yonkers In the shape of a silver oar, Inscribed 

 "Conrt of Vice Admiralty, New York." 



