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The State Legislature, Laws of 1902, Chap. 342, fixed the meeting day of the Board of Supervisors on the first Monday in each and every calendar month, and at such other times as
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the Board of Supervisors may fix by resolution. The same act provides for the salary of the Supervisors; each Supervisor shall receive as compensation for his services as a member of the Board of County Canvassers and as a Supervisor a stated salary of not less than $350, nor more than $600 per annum, to be fixed by the Board and paid in equal monthly installments, on the last day of each month, by the County Treasurer. No Supervisor shall receive any other or greater sum for his ser- vices, except fees now allowed by law for copying or extending the assessment rolls and except for such services as may be by law a town charge. The act further provides, such salaries should commence with the first day of June, 1902. (The law giving them choice as to amount of salary they would accept, the Supervisors in their wisdom chose to take $600 per annum.)
A special act of the State Legislature, passed in 1909, fixes the salary of a Supervisor of Westchester County at $1,000 per annum, providing the fees of said Supervisors, received from various sources, does not reach a prescribed amount. Under this new law Supervisors from City Wards and the smaller Towns will receive the increase of salary after January 1, 1912.
Besides amount fixed as salary, each Supervisor is entitled to receive mileage at rate of 8 cents a mile for each mile actually traveled in going from his place of residence to place of meet- ing, once in each month; expenses actually incurred by any Supervisor under authority and direction of said Board of Supervisors outside the limits of White Plains, the place where meetings of the Board are held, may be allowed and paid.
Laws of 1903, Chap. 483, empowers the Board of Supervisors to appoint, in addition to a clerk, one or two deputy clerks, to serve during pleasure of Board, and to fix compensation of each such appointee.
The Board of Supervisors is empowered by law to establish and define boundary lines between towns of the county.
The State Legislature, by special act, Laws of 1900, Chap. 688, ratified the act of the Board of Supervisors fixing the time of the biennial town meetings.
Westchester County raises $60,000 annually to pay to the State Comptroller for Supreme Court salaries.
The Laws of 1901, Chap. 87, permits towns to make appro- priation for the purpose of defraying expense of proper observ- ance of Memorial Day by members of the Grand Army of the Republic.
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The Board of Supervisors, September 13, 1909, appropriated $2,500 to properly represent the County of Westchester at the Hudson-Fulton celebration.
The State Constitution provides that there shall be in each county of this State, except in a county wholly included in a city, a Board of Supervisors, to be composed of such members and elected in such manner and for such period as is or may be provided by law. In a city which includes an entire county, or two or more entire counties, the powers and duties of a Board of Supervisors may be devolved upon the municipal assembly, common council, board of aldermen or other legisla- tive body of the city.
The Legislature shall, by general laws, confer upon the Boards of Supervisors of the several counties of the State such further powers of local legislation and administration as the Legislature may, from time to time, deem expedient.
The Legislature shall not, nor shall the common council of any city, nor any Board of Supervisors, grant any extra compensa- tion to any public officer, servant, agent or contractor.
Following a census enumeration and after the State Legisla- ture shall have made an apportionment of the number of mem- bers of the Assembly to which each county is entitled, the Board of Supervisors shall meet and prescribe, and divide such counties into Assembly districts as nearly equal in number of inhabitants, excluding aliens, as may be, of convenient and con- tiguous territory in as compact form as practicable, each of which shall be wholly within a Senate district formed under the same apportionment, equal to the number of members of Assembly to which such county shall be entitled, and shall cause to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State and of the Clerk of such county, a description of such districts, specifying the number of each district and of the inhabitants thereof, exclud- ing aliens, according to the last preceding enumeration; and such apportionment and districts shall remain unaltered until another enumeration shall be made.
Following are the names of Supervisors representing the sev- eral cities and towns of Westchester County, and the years in which they served as such Supervisors in the County Board; also, names of Chairmen, Clerks and other officials elected, from time to time, by the several Boards of Supervisors :*
*For names of Supervisors in earlier years, see Volume 1.
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BEDFORD.
Isaac W. Turner, 1896-7-8-9, 1900- 1-2-3-4.
Edward P. Barrett, 1905-6-7-8-9- 10-11-12-13, present incumbent.
CORTLANDT.
James H. Haight, 1899, 1900-1-2. S. Fletcher Allen, 1903-4-5-6-7-8-9- 10-11-12-13, present incumbent.
EASTCHESTER.
Herbert D. Lent, 1899, 1900.
William D. Granger, M. D., 1901-2. Henry C. Merritt, 1903-4-5-6-7-8-9- 10-11-12-13, present incumbent.
GREENBURGH.
George C. Menzies, 1899, 1900 .** Alexander McClelland, 1901-2-3-4- 5-6.
Charles D. Millard, 1907-8-9-10-11- 12-13, present incumbent.
HARRISON.
George T. Gray, 1899, 1900-1-2. George T. Burling, 1903-4.
Benjamin Irving Taylor, 1905-6-7- 8-9-10-11-12-13, present incum- bent (elected Tto Congress, 1912).
LEWISBORO (formerly SALEM).
James F. Lawrence, 1893-4-5-6-7- 8-9-1900-1-2. (Died in 1909.) George W. Mead, 1903-4-5-6-7-8. (Resigned, 1909, on election to Assembly.)
William C. Hull (appointed in place of Mead), 1909; elected for term of 1910-11-12-13, present incumbent.
MAMARONECK. Charles M. Baxter, 1899, 1900. Frank Hardy, 1901-2. John H. McArdle, 1903-4-5-6-7-8-9- 10-11-12-13, present incumbent.
MOUNT PLEASANT. Charles M. Lane, 1894 to 1900. (Died, while Sheriff, in 1909.) John J. Sinnott, 1901-2-3-4-5-6-7-8- 9-10-11-12-13, present incum- bent.
MOUNT VERNON. First Ward.
Harry J. Robinson, 1897-8. (Accidentally killed, falling from a scaffold, July 3, 1911.) Edward W. Storms, 1899, 1900- 1-2. William H. Bard, 1903-4.
John B. Cortright, 1905-6 (ap- pointed County Election Commissioner). Louis Elrodt, 1907-8-9-10-11-12- 13, present incumbent. Second Ward.
Stephen Van Tassell, 1899, 1900- 1-2.
Duncan C. Campbell, 1903-4. H. Eugene Smith, M. D., 1905-6- 7-8-9-10-11-12-13, present in- cumbent.
Third Ward.
Charles C. Bigelow, 1899, 1900- 1-2.
Charles H. Weiss, 1903-4.
Benjamin Howe, 1905-6. (Later elected Mayor.) John S. Lyons, 1907-8-9-10-11. Andrew Bridgeman, 1912-13, present incumbent.
Fourth Ward.
Albert S. Jenks, 1899, 1900-1-2-3. John H. Cordes, 1904-5-6-7-8-9- 10-11. Clarence Farrington, 1912-13, present incumbent.
Fifth Ward. Edgar K. Brown, 1899- 1900-1- 2-3-4-5-6. James K. Fuller, 1907-8-9-10-11- 12-13, present incumbent.
Mount Vernon Supervisors take of- fice at the first meeting of the Board of Supervisors in the month of June after their election.
NEW CASTLE.
Harvey B. Green, 1899, 1900 (later elected Clerk of Board). John W. Bowron, 1901-2-3-4-5-6-7- 8-9-10, resigned April 8, 1911. Howard R. Washburn, appointed April 8, 1911, to fill vacancy. Elected for 1912-13.
NEW ROCHELLE.
Michael J. Dillon, 1898. (Mayor in 1899.)
First Ward.
William E. Moore, 1899, 1900 to April, 1904.
Adam Kistinger, April, 1904, to April, 1906.
John F. New, April, 1906, to April, 1908.
Frank A. Raymond, April, 1908, to April, 1910. Henry A. Anthes, April, 1910-11. Edward Carson, 1912-13, present incumbent.
** Died September 8, 1912, aged 55 years.
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Second Ward.
G. H. Crawford, April, 1899, to April, 1902. William U. Wheeler, April, 1902, to April, 1904.
Henry Scherp, April, 1904, to April, 1905. (Resigned to ac- cept other office. Later elected Sheriff, died October 9, 1911.) William F. Hoffkins (appointed in place of Scherp), 1905, to April, 1907.
Walter M. Bermingham, April, 1907, to April, 1910. William F. Hoffkins, April, 1910- 11-12-13, present incumbent. Third Ward.
Jacob R. Wilkins, April, 1899, to 1900, when he resigned on ac- count of ill health; died in 1908.
Frank J. Holler, appointed in the place of Wilkins, qualified Dec. 24, 1900, and served until April, 1902.
George E. Leviness, April, 1902; resigned during year to accept other office.
Fred. L. Merritt, appointed in place of Leviness; served to April, 1903, when he began serving term for which he was elected, 1903 to 1905, and has been continuously re-elected ; is incumbent in 1913.
Fourth Ward.
Peter Doern, April, 1899, to April, 1902.
Frank Breucher, April, 1902, to April, 1906. William H. Boardingham, April, 1906, to April, 1908. (Died in 1908.)
Frank Breucher, April, 1908-9- 10-11-12-13, present incumbent. Supervisors in New Rochelle take office April 1, after general election. NORTH CASTLE.
Joseph B. See, 1899-1900. (Later appointed Under Sheriff and elected County Treasurer.) A. Smith Hopkins, 1901-2-3-4-5-6. (Elected County Superintendent of Poor; died April 23, 1908.) Charles McDonald, 1907-8-9-10-11- 12-13, present incumbent.
NORTH SALEM. Isaac Purdy, 1899, 1900.
* Died March 12, 1913.
Frank S. Reynolds, 1901-2-3-4-5-6- 7-8-9-10-11-12-13, present incum- bent.
OSSINING. Gilbert M. Todd, 1899, 1900. Robert T. Dennis, 1901-2-3-4. T. George Barnes, 1905-6-7-8. Jasper W. Travis, 1909-10-11; re- elected to serve during 1912-13; died June 16, 1912.
John F. Jenkins, appointed to serve out Travis' term.
PELHAM.
John M. Shinn, 1899, 1900-1-2-3-4. Louis C. Young, 1905-6. Edgar C. Beecroft, 1907-8-9-10-11- 12-13, present incumbent.
POUNDRIDGE.
George I. Ruscoe, 1893, continu- ously to and including 1913, present incumbent.
RYE.
Charles Eldridge, 1899, 1900. Edwin F. Studwell, 1901-2-3-4-5-6- 7-8-9.
Joseph Haight, 1910-11-12-13, present incumbent.
SCARSDALE. Chauncey T. Secor,* 1883, con- tinuously and including 1911. Alexander M. Crane, 1912-13, present incumbent.
SOMERS. James P. Teed, 1899, 1900.
Samuel M. Lounsbury, 1901-2-3-4- 5-6. (Died May 22, 1910.) George Turner, 1907-8-9-10-11-12- 13, present incumbent.
WHITE PLAINS. William S. Sterling, 1899, 1900-1-2. Ffarrington M. Thompson, 1903-4- 5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13, present in- cumbent.
YONKERS. First Ward.
J. Frank Curran, 1899, 1900-1- 2-3-4.
George Engle, 1905-6-7-8-9-10- 11-12-13, present incumbent. Second Ward. Hall B. Waring, 1899, 1900.
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John I. Pruyn, 1901-2.
John W. Wheaton, 1903-4. Henry Koster, 1905-6. Alfred Iles, part of 1907; re- signed on being elected Coro- ner. William Welsh, appointed, served out Iles' term. Arthur Barrett, 1910-11-12-13, present incumbent.
Third Ward.
Edward W. Forsyth, 1896, con- tinuously to and including 1913, present incumbent.
Fourth Ward.
Thomas A. Browne, 1899, 1900- 1-2.
Harry Haines, 1903-4. (Later an Assemblyman.) Edwin J. Goodhart, 1905-6. John J. Stahl, 1907-8-9-10-11-12- 13, present incumbent.
Fifth Ward.
Edward J. Earl, 1899, 1900. Otto Olsen, 1901-2.
Alfred M. Krug, 1903-4.
James L. Hayes, 1905-6.
Arthur Maudlin, 1907-8-9-10-11.
Thomas J. O'Brien, 1912-13, present incumbent.
Sixth Ward.
Patrick Whalen, 1899, 1900-2-3-4. John F. Cody, 1905-6-7-8. (Died while in office, in Nov., 1908.) Michael J. Reagan, appointed in place of Cody, 1909.
Michael J. Nolan, 1910-11-12-13, present incumbent.
Seventh Ward.
Walter B. Dixon, 1899, 1900-1- 2-3-4.
John Wise, 1905-6. James G. Andrews, 1907-8-9- 10-11.
William Dunn, 1912-13, present incumbent.
Under a new reapportionment, in 1907, the 8th, 9th and 10th Wards were created by division of original wards.
Eighth Ward. Alfred M. Bailey, 1908-9-10-11- 12-13, present incumbent.
Ninth Ward. P. F. Cullinan, 1908-9.
Frederick Marshall, 1910-11.
Benjamin Fitz Gibbon, 1912-13, present incumbent.
Tenth Ward. E. U. Reynolds, 1908-9.
Michael J. Molloy, 1910-11-12- 13, present incumbent.
YORKTOWN.
Edward B. Kear, 1899, 1900-1-2-3- 4-5-6-7. (Elected County Regis- ter; died August 31, 1911.) Wellington Lounsbury, 1908-9-10- 11. James N. Strang, 1912-13, present incumbent.
CHAIRMEN AND CLERKS. (Continued from page 64, Volume 1.)
Following are the names of Supervisors who have been elected and served as Chairmen of the Board of Supervisors of this County, and the names of Clerks, Assistant Clerks and other officers of the same body, from time to time:
CHAIRMEN.
Charles M. Lane, Mount Pleasant, 1899, 1900. (Died 1909.) John M. Shinn, Pelham, 1901.
Frank Hardy, Mamaroneck, 1902.
Edgar K. Brown, Mount Vernon, 1903-4.
Chauncey T. Secor, Scarsdale, 1893, 1897, 1898, 1905. (Died 1913.)
John J. Sinnott, Mount Pleasant, 1906-7.
Edward A. Forsyth, Yonkers, 1908-9-10-11.
Edward Percy Barrett, Bedford, 1912-13.
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CLERKS.
Edwin R. Hopkins, North Castle, 1899, 1900-1-2-3.
Harvey B. Green, Chappaqua, 1904.
James J. Fleming, Yonkers, 1905-6-7. Harvey B. Green, Chappaqua, 1908-9-10-11-12-13.
ASSISTANT CLERKS.
Harvey B. Green, Chappaqua, 1901-2-3.
John H. Bangs, New Rochelle, 1904. (Died August 29, 1910.)
Clinton T. Taylor, Mount Vernon, 1905-6. David S. Murden, Peekskill, 1907-8-9-10.
Robert Mason, Mount Vernon, 1910-11-12-13.
LIBRARIAN AND PAGE.
George A. Thompson, White Plains, 1899, 1900-1-2-3-4.
Harry R. Koster, Yonkers, 1905-6-7-8-9; 1910-11-12-13, as Page and Assistant Librarian.
COUNTY ATTORNEY. (Advisor to the Board of Supervisors.)
Edward Hughes, Yonkers, 1907-8. Charles A. Van Auken, New Rochelle, 1909-10-11-12-13.
NOTE .- Biographies of Members of the Board of Supervisors, Chairmen and Clerks, are published under head "Towns in the County."
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The Cabinet of President Wilson, announced by him on March 5, 1913, was composed as follows: William Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska, as Secretary of State; William Gibbs McAdoo, of New York, as Secretary of the Treasury; Lindley Murray Garrison, of New Jersey, as Secretary of War; James Clark McReynolds, of Tennessee, as Attorney-General; Albert Sidney Burleson, of Texas, as Postmaster-General; Josephus Daniels, of North Carolina, as Secretary of the Navy; Franklin Knight Lane, of California, as Secretary of the Interior; David Franklin Houston, of Missouri, as Secretary of Agriculture; William Cox Redfield, of New York, as Secretary of Commerce ; William Bauchop Wilson, of Pennsylvania, as Secretary of Labor. The act of Congress creating a Department of Labor and providing for a Secretary of Labor in the Cabinet was passed in March, 1913, and the signing of the bill was one of the last official acts of President Taft.
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HEADLESS-HORSEMAN'S BRIDGE.
Sleepy Hollow and the Headless-Horseman's Bridge, familiar to the readers of Washington Irving's story, are situated in the town of Mount Pleasant.
As we read Irving's story fancy may have led us to hear the clatter of horse's hoofs as the headless horseman rode over an old-style wooden bridge; the allusion will be spoiled when one beholds the present Headless-Horseman's Bridge. The march of progress and up-to-date ideas has eliminated the old bridge structure that Irving made famous. The wealth that summer's itself beyond Sleepy Hollow believes in an up-to-date approach to its domain. It has not sponged out the legendary name, but a tablet in bronze informs the wayfarer that the existing bridge owes its being to the estate owners beyond the creek. Nothing survives of the span that Irving immortalized. The wild ride such as he described would be impossible over granite arches and modern brick pavement. As at many other places famous in legend, one must carry an active imagination along with a proper sense of things as they are.
But even wealth has not despoiled Sleepy Hollow of its rare natural setting, nor has it yet touched some of the artificial adjuncts that impart romantic flavor to the scene. The old Sleepy Hollow Dutch Church remains, surrounded by all its historic interest. No rude hand can disturb Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, abreast of which Ichabod Crane first saw his un- canny pursuer. Across the field stands the Manor House, its exterior looking much as it did when Frederick Philipse took Catherine Van Cortlandt there more than two hundred years ago. The inclosing hills are beautiful in their forest growth. It is a lazy, droning spot, and a visitor in the right spirit may ignore the invasion of the modern.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is, as may be said, divided into two divisions, the old and the new; the original part, near the church, and an extension up the hill. Old residents are laid in the old graveyard and their descendants lay at rest in the new section. Irving is buried near the upper end of the old section, with his younger relatives through several generations, to the number of about thirty. A plain, unpretentious marble slab marks the place where the remains of Irving were laid, the present being the third slab erected; vandals carried away for-
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mer slabs in chips as souvenirs; an iron fence was recently erected to protect the grave.
The old church is frequently opened on Sundays in summer for afternoon services, under charge of the pastor of the First Reformed Church of Tarrytown. Members of many of the old families residing in and about Sleepy Hollow have been buried from this church. The interior of the church is as it was 200 years ago, when it was built by Frederick Philipse and his wealthy wife.
THE BRONX PARKWAY. (Continued from page 320, Vol. 2.)
The proposed Bronx Parkway, which is to extend from Bronx Park, in New York city, through Westchester County, running north, to the proposed new Kensico Dam at Valhalla, in the town of North Castle, it is estimated, will be of great value to our county, benefiting all that section through which its route is laid, since it will beautify all the waste and unsightly land along the Bronx River.
The Parkway will be fifteen miles long, and will connect New York city's park system in Bronx Borough with the city's watershed in Westchester County. It was undertaken by New York city and Westchester County as the best means of relief from intolerable pollution of the Bronx River.
Following the Bronx River and the Harlem division of the New York Central Railroad, the Parkway will extend from the northerly end of Bronx Park through Williamsbridge, Wood- lawn, Mount Vernon, Bronxville, Tuckahoe, Scarsdale, White Plains and the town of North Castle to the new Kensico Reser- voir, one of the largest in the world. The terminal will be at the ten million dollar dam now under construction by New York city. The country at this point in Westchester County has many natural charms, which will be enhanced by a water garden of one thousand fountains to aerate the water brought down by the Catskill Aqueduct.
The cost of constructing this Parkway is to be borne by New York city and Westchester County; the county paying a minor portion. There are 1,130 acres divided into 1,200 parcels, in the fifteen miles of the proposed parkway. It is estimated the entire cost to the city of New York will be about $4,000,000.
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This is the estimated amount for acquiring the total reservation at the present time (1913), including a substantial sum for the protection of existing park features, planting and replanting of denuded districts, straightening the river for flood regula- tion and the sanitary measures required against pollution.
Members of the Bronx Park Commission, it is said, will en- deavor to make a record for economy in the purchase of the lands for this public use. A large number of substantial dona- tions of lands have been obtained, largely, it is said, because large property owners are willing to give to aid a project cal- culated to improve and make more valuable all abutting prop- erty. These will be the first lands taken over by the Commis- sion. The next step will be to acquire lands on which options have been obtained at less than present market value. There are more than one hundred and fifty acres in this class.
Where agreements cannot be reached by direct negotiations, the lands will ultimately be condemned, but it is the announced intention of the Commission to delay such condemnation pro- ceedings for several years, so that those who sell at a fair figure can realize much more quickly on their lands than by holding out for an excessive speculative price.
The construction of this Parkway is authorized by Act of the State Legislature, Laws of 1907, Chapter 594.
ARNOLD AND PEGGY SHIPPEN.
In Volume two, in the specially prepared narrative relating to the treachery of Benedict Arnold and the capture of his aiding conspirator, Major Andre, mention has been particularly made of Peggy Shippen, the pretty eighteen-year-old daughter of a prominent Philadelphia Tory, whom Gen. Arnold courted, and whom, it has been said, influenced him to incline in favor of Tories, and, finally, to turn traitor to the cause he had sworn to serve.
The love story of Arnold and Peggy Shippen is full of interest even in its tragic ending.
When Arnold took command of the Continental Army in Philadelphia, crippled with honorable wounds in the service of his country, and reputed to be a man of courage, it is not strange that he should have won the heart of the beautiful and fascinat- ing Miss Shippen, who was just past eighteen years of age, and less than half the age of Arnold.
It was not long after his arrival in the "City of Brotherly Love" that Arnold was declared a suitor for the hand of Miss Shippen. On the twenty-fifth of September, 1778, he made to her a formal declaration of his love and offer of his hand. In part this letter was as follows:
"Dear Madam :- Twenty times have I taken up my pen to write to you, and as often has my trembling hand refused to obey the dictates of my heart-a heart which though calm and serene amidst the clashing of arms and all the din and horrors of war-trembles with diffidence and the fear of giving offense when it attempts to address you on a subject so important to its happiness. Dear madam, your charms have lighted up a flame in my bosom which can never be extinguished; your heavenly image is too deeply impressed ever to be effaced.
"My passion is not founded on personal charms only :that sweetness of disposition and goodness of heart, that sentiment and sensibility which so strongly mark the character of the lovely Miss P. Shippen, renders her amiable beyond expression, and will ever retain the heart she has once captivated. On you alone my happiness depends, and will you doom me to languish in despair? Do you feel no pity in your bosom for the man who would die to make you happy ? Dear Peggy, suffer that
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heavenly bosom to expand with a sensation more soft and more tender than friendship.
* * * "Whatever my fate may be, my most ardent wish is for your happiness, and my latest breath will be to implore the blessing of Heaven on the idol and only wish of my soul. Adieu, dear Madam, and believe me unalterably, your sincere admirer and devoted humble servant, B. Arnold."
It appears that his ardent passion was soon reciprocated, for on the eighth of February, 1779, he writes to her with the fervor of an accepted lover :-
"My Dearest Life :- Never did I so ardently long to see or hear fom you as at this instant. I am all impatience and anx- ious to know how you do; six days' absence, without hearing from my dear Peggy, is intolerable. Heavens! what must I have suffered had I continued my journey-the loss of happi- ness for a few dirty acres! I daily discover so much baseness and ingratitude among mankind that I almost blush at being of the same species, and could quit the stage without regret were it not for some gentle, generous souls like my dear Peggy, who still retain the lively impression of their Maker's image, and who, with smiles of benignity and goodness make all happy around them.
"The day after tomorrow I leave here and hope to be made happy by your smiles on Friday evening. Till then all nature smiles in vain; for you alone heard, felt and seen, possess my every thought, fill every sense and pant in every vein.
"Clarkson will send an express to meet me in Bristol; make me happy by one line, to tell you are so. My prayers and best wishes attend my dear Peggy. Adieu! and believe me, sin- cerely and affectionately thine, B. Arnold."
On the twenty-second of March, 1779, General Arnold, in anticipation of his marriage, purchased the fine old country seat called Mount Pleasant, situated on the east bank of the Schuyl- kill, and made a settlement of the estate on himself for life, "remainder to his wife and children." Two weeks thereafter General Arnold and Peggy Shippen were married at the resi- dence of her father, a fine substantial mansion on the west side of Fourth street.
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