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==History== [[File:Philipsburg Manor, Sleepy Hollow, New York.JPG|thumb|left|[[Philipsburg Manor House]] at the Upper Mills]] The two [[square mile]]s of land that would become Sleepy Hollow was originally occupied by the Weckquaesgeck Indians (a [[Delaware Tribe of Indians|Delaware Tribe]] or [[Mohicans|Mohican Tribe]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of the Village {{!}} Sleepy Hollow, NY |url=https://www.sleepyhollowny.gov/289/History-of-the-Village |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=www.sleepyhollowny.gov}}</ref> In 1609, [[Henry Hudson]] claimed the Hudson Valley (known then as the [[Tappan Zee]]) for [[Holland]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the Area |url=https://sleepyhollowtarrytownchamber.com/about-the-area/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=Sleepy Hollow Tarrytown Chamber of Commerce |language=en-US}}</ref> There was relative peace between the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] and Dutch until the mid-seventeenth century. The land was then bought from [[Adriaen van der Donck]], a [[patroon]] in [[New Netherland]] before the [[English people|English]] takeover in 1664. Starting in 1672, [[Frederick Philipse]] began acquiring large parcels of land mainly in today's southern Westchester County. Comprising some {{convert|52000|acre|sqmi}} of land, it was bounded by the [[Spuyten Duyvil Creek]], the [[Croton River]], the Hudson River, and the [[Bronx River]]. Philipse was granted a royal charter in 1693, creating the [[Manor of Philipsburg]] and establishing him as first lord.<ref name=encyclopedia /> [[File:5 boros of NYC in 1814.jpg|thumb|left|Sleepy Hollow appears on this 1814 map as Philipsburg.]] In today's Sleepy Hollow, he established an upper mill and shipping depot, today part of the [[Philipsburg Manor House|Philipse Manor House]] historic site. A pious man, he was architect and financier of the town's [[Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow]], and was said to have built the pulpit with his own hands.<ref>''Edited Appletons Encyclopedia, Famous Americans'': Biography of Frederick Philipse: "...He worked at the carpenter's trade for several years, aided in building the Old Dutch church, and is said to have made the pulpit with his own hands.</ref> When Philipse died in 1702, the manor was divided between his son, [[Adolphus Philipse]], and his grandson, [[Frederick Philipse II]]. Adolph received the Upper Mills property, which extended from [[Dobbs Ferry, New York|Dobbs Ferry]] to the Croton River. Frederick II was given the Lower Mills at the confluence of the [[Saw Mill River|Saw Mill]] and Hudson Rivers, the two parcels being reunited on his uncle's death. His son, [[Frederick Philipse III]], became the third lord of the manor in 1751.<ref name=encyclopedia>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Maika |first=Dennis J. |editor=Peter Eisenstadt |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of the State of New York |title=Philipsburg Manor |edition=First |year=2005 |publisher=[[Syracuse University Press]] |location=Syracuse |isbn=081560808X |page=1199}}</ref> In 1779, Frederick III, a [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalist]], was [[Bill of attainder|attainted]] for treason. The manor was confiscated and sold at [[public auction]], split between 287 buyers. The largest tract of land (about {{convert|750|acre|ha}}) was at the Upper Mills; it passed to numerous owners until 1951, when it was acquired by [[Historic Hudson Valley|Sleepy Hollow Restorations]]. Thanks to the philanthropy of [[John D. Rockefeller Jr.]], about {{convert|20|acre|ha}} were restored as today's historic site.<ref name=encyclopedia/> In the late 1790s, Washington Irving visited Sleepy Hollow with his friend [[James K. Paulding]], a local militiaman who in 1780 had previously helped capture British Major [[John André|John Andre]] in what is now known as [[Patriot's Park|Patriots Park]] and thereby foiled the plans of [[Benedict Arnold]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Egner Gruber |first=Katherine |date=October 23, 2024 |title=The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Hidden History in an American Ghost Story |url=https://www.jyfmuseums.org/Home/Components/News/News/84/ |website=American Revolution Museum at Yorktown}}</ref> Together they explored the area, hunting, fishing and talking with the local folk. The visits of Irving—and the local folklore and ghost tales he heard while there—were immortalised in the story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".
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