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Bedford, town (township), Westchester county, southeastern New York, U.S., north of White Plains, near the Connecticut state line. Bedford Village, the original settlement, was founded in 1680 by 22 farmers from Stamford, Connecticut, on a tract known as the hop ground that was purchased from Katonah and other Wappinger Indian chiefs. Originally in Connecticut, the village was made part of New York in 1700 by royal boundary decree. During the American Revolution it was burned (1779) by British troops led by Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton. The town of Bedford, officially established in 1682, includes the hamlets of Bedford Village, Bedford ...(100 of 164 words)

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