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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 3 | 3 | Browse | Search |
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register | 3 | 3 | Browse | Search |
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct. | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Van Cortlandt , Pierre 1721 -1814 (search)
Van Cortlandt, Pierre 1721-1814
Patriot; born in Cortlandt Manor, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1721; son of Philip Van Cortlandt, third son of Stephanus; was a member of the first Provincial Congress of New York; chairman of the committee of public safety; and was exceedingly active in the patriot cause.
Throughout the Revolution he appears to have been the principal administrator of the government of New York; and so obnoxious was he to the British government that it set a bounty on his head.
He was the first Lieutenant-governor of New York, and held that office by re-election for eighteen years. He had been one of the committee that framed the constitution of the State of New York in 1777.
He died in Cortlandt Manor, N. Y., May 1, 1814.