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Philipsburg Manor This is a restoration of a colonial-era Dutch settlement, once part of a 52,000 acre estate owned by the Philipse family. It has been restored to its appearance in 1750 when it was home to several hundred tenant farmers and two dozen African slaves. Programs and events show how Dutch, African, and Native American cultures became entwined at this colonial outpost. The Manor's mill pond makes an appearance in Washington Irving’s short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Irving wrote of Ichabod Crane “Our man of letters, therefore, was peculiarly happy in the smiles of all the country damsels. How he would figure among them in the church-yard . . . or sauntering, with a whole bevy of them, along the banks of the adjacent mill-pond; while the more bashful country bumpkins hung sheepishly back, envying his superior elegance and address.”
Learn more about Philipsburg Manor in these books:
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