placed on the firmest basis, and secured by the wisest political constitution that has ever yet been framed. The latter part of his life was passed at Morrisania, the elegant seat of his ancestors, when turning his sword again into a scythe, he resumed the practice of agriculture, and in the delightful retirement of his farm, he met the advances of old age with serenity and happiness. Of his numerous offspring one only, the eldest son, preceded him to the tomb, the rest he had the satisfaction to see respectably settled in life and supporting the high character of the family. He died in January, 1798, in the seventy-second year of his age, and his remains were interred with military and civic honours, in the family vault at Mor risania. VOL. IX.-U |