Samuel Delevan who commanded a company of rangers was stationed at Judge Ward's house & went down every day to protect these teams). Mr. Crawford called to see his sister & fell in the rear of the teams. The refugees came into the house, & he surrendered himself a prisoner. One of them asked him his name & as soon as he told it run him through with his bayonet. He was taken to King's bridge, thrown into a waggon to be taken to New York & died by the way. The same night, a company commanded by Capt. Archibald Campbell (a Scotchman) were marched into the yard in front of Judge Ward's house. Campbell immediately advanced on to the piazza floor & uttered the most profane oaths, & order-ing the rangers to resign, he approached the step of the door, when a shot from inside, struck him & he fell dead on the piazza floor, when some of his men fired, & killed Lieut. Pad-ock, who was standing inside, near the door. After entering the lower part of the house & finding no one there, (the rangers, some of them secreting themselves in different parts of the house & some made their escape out the back door) Campbell's men made a pricipitate retreat, there being a large company of militia, at a house about 1/4 mile distant who, on hearing the firing, instead of coming to aid the rangers all ran off.

The Enemy commanded by Lord How advanced within about 4 miles of White Plains on Friday 25th Oct. 1776 & encamped a little north of where John Barker then lived. On Monday 28th they advanced to White Plains, when the battle took place. Genl. How during the time had his headquarters at the house now owned by Mrs.