The outside had been renewed, from time to time ; buttlie frame " was the original one, of massive hewn timber ; and at the time of its " destruction, it was the oldest Mill, in Wostchester-county, and, probably, " in the State.

" By the original Grant to Colonel Heathcote, the inhabitants reserved "the right to have their own grain ground, free. This was afterwards "commuted to a toll, payable to the present 'town' of Westchester, " which the Town enjoyed, as a source of revenue, till the Mill was burnt ; "and the right to which it still retains, if the Mill shall be rebuilt."

2 Memoirs of Geneml Heath, 68. ^ Memoirs of General Heuthj 70.

Besides the despatch of an express to Head-quarters, with intelligence of the enemy's movements, to which reference has been made,* General Heath reinforced the guard, at the bridge, by ordering Colonel Prescott, the hero of Bunker's-hill, with his Regiment, and Captain-lieutenant Bryant, of the Artillery, with a three-pounder, to march to that place ; and Colonel Graham, of the New York Line, with his Regiment, and Lieutenant Jackson, of the Artillery, with a sixpounder, was ordered to march to the head of the creek, for the reinforcement of the guard who had been posited at that place. Besides the throwing up of an earthwork, opposite the western end of the causeway, the addition of the Brigade commanded by General McDougal to General Heath's command, and an irregular, scattering fire which was indulged in, by both parties, nothing further was done by either of the Annies, during that day.''