met, in Paris, the son of his former host."

At Kip's Bay there was a large mansion which for two centuries
attracted the admiration of beholders. It was a large double house
with the addition of a wing. From the spacious hall, turning to the
left, you entered the large dining-saloon. The two front windows gave
you a view of the beautiful bay. The two rear windows opened upon a
pleasant rural landscape. In this dining-room a large dinner party was
held, in honor of Andre the day before he set out upon his fatal
excursion to West Point. In Sargent's, "Life of Andre," we find a very
interesting description of this mansion, and of the scenes witnessed
there in olden time.

"Where now in New York is the unalluring and crowded neighborhood of
Second avenue and Thirty-fifth street, stood, in 1780, the ancient
Bowerie or country seat of Jacobus Kip. Built in 1655, of bricks
brought from Holland, encompassed by pleasant trees and in easy view
of the sparkling waters of Kip's Bay, on the East river, the mansion
remained, even to our own times, in the possession of one of its
founder's line.

"When Washington was in the neighborhood, Kip's house had
been his quarters. When Howe crossed from Long Island on
Sunday, September 15th, 1776, he debarked at the rocky point
hard by, and his skirmishers drove our people from their
position behind the dwelling. Since then it had known many
guests. Howe, Clinton, Kniphausen, Percy were sheltered by
its roof. The aged owner, with his wife and daughter,
remained. But they had always an officer of distinction
quartered with them. And if a part of the family were in
arms for Congress, as is alleged, it is certain that others
were active for the Crown.

"Samuel Kip, of Kipsburg, led a cavalry troop of his own
tenantry, with great gallantry, in De Lancey's regiment. And
despite severe wounds, survived long after the war, a heavy
pecuniary sufferer by the cause which, with most of the
landed gentry of New York, he had espoused.

"In 1780, it was held by Colonel Williams, of the 80th royal
regiment. And here, on the evening of the 19th of September,
he gave a dinner to Sir Henry Clinton and his staff, as a
parting compliment to Andre. The aged owner of the house was
present; and when the Revolution was over he described the
scene and the incidents of that dinner. At the table Sir