Excerpt from The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, From Its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. 1 There never was a more careful complier of History than my late brother. He always asked for proof, and then well weighed it. His book will be his monument he wore himself out in its completion. And I regret that he does not live to give the whys and the wherefores that thousands of its readers will propound. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.