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White Plains

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White Plains

Town and administrative headquarters of Westchester County, southeast New York; population (1990) 48,700. It is situated midway between the Hudson River, to the northwest, and Long Island Sound, to the southeast. It is the commercial, retail, and financial centre of Westchester, and has offices of a number of major corporations. The College of White Plains, a branch of Pace University, is in the town.

Settled in 1683, White Plains became an important post station for 18th-century stagecoaches. George Washington retreated to White Plains after evacuating New York City in 1776, and fought a battle here against William Howe. Washington's headquarters are now open to the public.



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Wherever a battle was fought,--whether at Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, or Germantown,--some of her brave sons were found slain upon the field.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
And there was an old gentleman who shall be nameless, being too rich a mynheer to be lightly mentioned, who, in the battle of White Plains, being an excellent master of defence, parried a musket-ball with a small-sword, insomuch that he absolutely felt it whiz round the blade, and glance off at the hilt; in proof of which he was ready at any time to show the sword, with the hilt a little bent.
The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Irving, Washington View in context
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