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who resided in Pelham was upset in his boat not far from City 

 Island. When picked up by passing craft he was found calmly sit- 

 ting on the bottom of the capsized boat, smoking his pipe which he 

 somehow managed to keep lit. 



One of the landmarks in Westchester is St. Peter's Church 

 on Westchester Avenue. The present building is the fourth on 

 this site, the first having been erected in 1700 when the trustees 

 resolved "to build a church twenty-eight feet square, with a terret 

 on top" for a bell tower. It stood on the old Town Green, close to 



St. Peter's Church, Westchester 



the former County Court House, about on the site of the present 

 Sunday School building. It was used as a church until 1788, when 

 it was in such bad condition after the Revolution that it was sold 

 to Mrs. Sarah Ferris who removed it. 



St. Peter's was established in accordance with the Royal direc- 

 tion received by the Governor of the Province of New York : 



"You shall take an especial care that God Almighty be devoutly and duly 

 served thruout ye Government, the Book of Common Prayer, as it is now es- 

 tablished read each Sunday and Holy day and the blessed Sacrament adminis- 

 tered according to the rites of the Church of England." 



