And so the Declaration of Independence was formally proclaimed. at Tarrytown, officially read to the JJatriot soldiers of this Manor here assembled on the 2d of August 1 776, a significant fact which has hitherto been unnoticed by historians. It was a good time after that to go down to the river side and make ready for battle.

The following significant letter from Lieut. -Col. Jameson, who had command on the lines here at the time of the capture of Andre, dated Sept. 27, 17S0, four days after that event and never before published, is of interest here :

To his J.xcellencv. (Jen. Washington :

1 his will be delivered to you by John Paulding, one of the voting men who took Major Andre and nobly refused any sum of money that he should offer. The other two young men that were in company with him have not yet been found ; as soon as they shall arrive they will be sent on. Two British officers went on board the Vulture just above Tarrytown. They were out in the country clothed in mean, ragged country clothes, and at the ri ver side exchanged them for fine-laced regimentals.

John Jameson.

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1 his will be delivered to you by John Paulding, one of the voting men who took Major Andre and nobly refused any sum of money that he should offer. The other two young men that were in company with him have not yet been found ; as soon as they shall arrive they will be sent on. Two British officers went on board the Vulture just above Tarrytown. They were out in the country clothed in mean, ragged country clothes, and at the ri ver side exchanged them for fine-laced regimentals. John Jameson. , - ■ -