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undiscovered are probably mythical.

The Philipse manor house*, one of the best examples of Dutch colonial
architecture in America, erected in 1682 and enlarged in 1745, was the
second residence built by the Philipses (the other is at Tarrytown) and
is now maintained as a museum for colonial and Revolutionary relics. It
was confiscated by the legislature in 1779 in reprisal for the
suspected "Toryism" of the third Frederick Philipse, the great grandson
of the first lord of the manor and his second successor. Before being
converted into a museum it served for many years as the City Hall of
Yonkers.

[Illustration: Philipse Manor House, Yonkers, 1682

This famous old house, said to be one of the best examples of
Dutch colonial architecture in America, was built by Frederick
Philipse, first lord of the manor of Philipsburg. It was
confiscated by the State of New York after the Revolutionary War
and for many years served as the City Hall of Yonkers. It is now
a museum.]

Yonkers has some important manufactures with an annual production of
$75,000,000 and 15,000 wage earners; its output includes passenger and
freight elevators, foundry and machine shop products, refined sugar,
carpets, rugs and hats. It has one of the largest carpet factories in
the world.

The country round Yonkers is dotted with fine estates. Conspicuous to
the right, 2 M. north of the station, is the battlemented tower of
"Greystone," once the home of Samuel J. Tilden and now owned by Samuel
Untermyer, the N.Y. lawyer.

Samuel J. Tilden (1814-1886), a lawyer and reformer, served one
term as governor of N.Y., and was later candidate for the
presidency against Rutherford B. Hayes. He had become famous for
his attacks on the notorious Tweed ring of N.Y.C., and later for
his exposure of the "Canal ring," a set of plunderers who had
been engaged in exploiting the N.Y. canal system. He was given
the Democratic nomination for president in recognition of his
services as a reformer. The Republicans nominated Hayes, and the
result was the disputed election of 1876, when two sets of
returns were sent to Washington from the States of Florida,
Louisiana, South Carolina and Oregon. As the Federal Constitution
contains no provision for settling a dispute of this kind, the
two houses of Congress agreed to the appointment of an
extra-Constitutional Body, the Electoral Commis