Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1896 — WASHINGTON’S HEADQUARTERS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WASHINGTON’S HEADQUARTERS

Historic Spot Near White Plains Offered to Whoever Will Buy. The Miller house on the road to Unionville, about a mile and a half north of White Plains, N. Y., once occupied by ■Washington as his headquarters, lies in * valley, bounded on the east by a range of steep hills, while to the west there is a rolling country through which run the ahiggish waters of the Bronx. At the present time the Harlem Railroad passes In plain view of the old structure, from which the tracks are distant but a stone's throw. From official papers it appears

that the house was occupied from Oct. 21 to Nov. 10, 177(1. Within this period the battle of White Plains had been fought and lost, and after his retreat to North Castle the American army underwent such privations from lack of food and other necessaries that the steep hill that rises to the east of the headquarters is known as “Mount Misery,” in memory of the sufferings endured by the patriots within the breastworks that crowned the eminence. Remains of these earthworks, overgrown by tall trees, are still to be •een. At the present time the house is unoccupied, and a sign upon the premises announces it to be for sale, together with ninety acres of land.

HOUSE IN WHICH WASHINGTON LIVED.