THE TOWN OF GREENBURGH. 35 1 



(West Side.) 



Fidelity.— On the 23d of September, 1780, Isaac Van Wart, accompanied by 

 John Paulding and David Williams, all farmers of the County of Westchester, 

 intercepted Major Andre, on his return from the American lines, in the charac- 

 ter of a spy ; and, notwithstanding the large bribes offered them for his release, 

 nobly disdained to sacrifice their country for gold, secured and carried him to 

 the commanding officer of the district, whereby the dangerous and traitorous 

 conspiracy of Arnold was brought to light, the insidious designs of the enemy 

 baffled, the American army saved, and our beloved country free," &c. 



We extract the following from the Westchester Herald, on occasion 

 of raising of this monument, June n, 1829. 



On Thursday last, being the day appointed by the Committee of Arrangements 

 for the ceremony of erecting a monument to the memory of the late Isaac Van 

 Wart, one of the captors of the British spy, Andre, a large coucourse of our fellow 

 citizens assembled at the spot where repose the remains of the departed patriot, 

 at the burial place of the Presbyterian church, on the east bank of the Saw-Mill 

 River, in Greenburgh. The day was very fine and pleasant, and by 12 o'clock, 

 there was supposed to be present upwards of two thousand spectators, who had 

 convened to participate in the last respects to the memory of their esteemed fel- 

 low citizen ; among whom were to be seen a few of the aged and venerable men 

 who had passed through the scenes and perils of the Revolution. About 12 

 o'clock, a procession was formed under the direction of Major John Sing, mar- 

 shal of the day, the whole in the inverse order of their rank : — ■ 



1st. Captain Denslow's company Light Infantry, of the 12th regiment, with 

 the band attached to that regiment, and the first regiment Light Infantry, formed 

 the military escort on the left, The left in front. 

 2d. The officers and non-commissioned officers of the 15th brigade. 

 3d. Captain Warner's company of cavalry on foot. 

 4th. Citizens of the county. 



6th. Mr. F. Kain, the architect and his workmen, with their implements to 

 complete the work. 

 6th. The invited guests. 

 7th. The clergy of the county. 



8th and last, the surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution, the commit- 

 tee of arrangements and General William Hammond and suite. 



The column was marched in this inverse order to solemn music with arms re- 

 versed, until arrived at the church-yard, when the procession opened to the right 

 and left, fronting inward. The officers and soldiers presenting arms. The offi- 

 cers and soldiers of the Revolution preceded by General Philip Van Cortlandt, 

 now the senior surviving officer of the Continental army. These passed through 

 the line, conducted by General Hammond and suite, and the Marshal of the day, 

 to the place reserved for them on the right of the monument, and the whole pro- 

 cession having passed through in this order, the military escort formed a square 

 about the whole in the church-yard. At this spot, the column was met by a 

 large procession of the ladies of the county, under the direction of S. Simpson, 

 Esq., who acted as assistant marshal of the day, issuing from the church, at the 



