Dobbs Ferry


Dobbs Ferry,

village (1990 pop. 9,940), Westchester co., SE N.Y., on the Hudson River, a suburb of New York City; inc. 1873. It is mostly residential but has light industries and research facilities. Dobbs Ferry is the site of Livingston Manor, where George Washington and Marshal Rochambeau are said to have planned the Yorktown campaignYorktown campaign,
1781, the closing military operations of the American Revolution. After his unsuccessful Carolina campaign General Cornwallis moved into Virginia to join British forces there.
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. Mercy College and the Masters school for girls are there.