House of Pierre Van Cortlandt

General George Washington

with his aides

slept in this house many nights

while making Peekskill

their headquarters in 1776, 1777 & 1778.

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It was the house of

Pierre Van Cortlandt,

member of Colonial Assembly,

member of the 2nd., 3rd., and 4th.

Provincial Congress,

President of the Committee

of Public Safety,

a framer ...