In the summer of 1S20, a stranger was observed loitering around the residence of Mr. Van Wart. Upon being questioned, this person stated, that he had taken an active part in the above engagement, and v/ell remembered the spot where he stood, (pointing to a stone,) when the British guard were first seen advanciiig from the west. He had just discharged his piece, and was engaged in loading it, v\hen he received a bullet in his breast^ which passed through his body. Fortunately he happened to be leaning a little to the right, otherwise the vitals could not have escaped. I'he old veteran further stated that he was then on hi§ way to obtain certificates I'or a pension.

At the Four Corners, Thaddeus Kosciusko also fixed his head-quarters, when the American army lay eiicamped in this vicinity.^ From Samuel Young the Corners passed to Isaac van'

» Davis's Mem. of Burr, vol. i. 105. "^ '•■ '

b Near the blacksmith's shop^ (on the road leading from the Corners to Whitja Plains,) a duel was fought between General Gates and Colonel Wiikins, Sept. 11, 1778. Two shots, saj's Thaclier, were exchanged without bloodshed, and a reconciliation was efTected. The gentlemen, it is said, displayed a firmness and bravery becoming their rank and cliaracter, and have established their claim to the title of gentlemen of honor, «fcc., &c. Thacher's Military Journal, p. 145.

In this neighborhood resided the noted Brom Boycc, " who at the early age of sixteen, enrolled himself among the minute men of the American army. He was Boon distinguished for his bravery and daring, and was recognized as the best guide to be procured in this vicinity.'' " Boyce, after the Revolution, followed tlie busi. ness of a carman iu the city of Xew York. He was a member cf the Bedford