History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
3 Petition of Miles Oakley to General Washimjlon, " November 9, 1776 ; " Deposition of John Murtine and Memorandutn of Goods plnmlercd from him, "dated November 13, 177G " ; Deposition of Talman I^sley, "dated "the second day of I>ecember, 1776 " ; Petition of Phoebe Oakletj to the C«nvention of New- York, and her Deposition, ' ' dated the second of December, "1776" ; Deposition of Mnrvmflvke Foster and a List of Articles taken by the sttldiers, from him, "dated the thirteenth of November, 1776" ; Release, by Stephen Oakley, " in behalf of Solomon Piujsley and the teiJow '•Elizabeth Pugsley, to Captain Ford, "for the things that said Captain "Ford and his men did take out of the house of Solomon Pugsley, near " the lines of the enemy, at White Plains, on Philips's Manor ; " etc.
No more interesting jMipers, connected with the history of that period and illustrative of the morality and integrity of New Knglanders of the era of the Revolutionary War, can be found, anywhere, tliau these.
* Depositions of Phtihe Oakley, John Martine, Tatman Pngsley, and Marmaduke Foster ; Helease, by Sleplten Oakley to Captain Ford ; Deposition of Ebenezer Biorill, "dated the second day of December, 1776 " ; etc.
HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
" cates for Liberty. Unhappily am I to add, that, " amidst all our suffering, the Army employed for " the protection of America have not refrained from " embittering even the calamities of War. At a " time when the utmost resources of this State were " laid open to their wants, and the members of Con- " vention personally submitted to the labour and " fatigue which were necessary, on a sudden emer- " gency, and after frequent losses of Provisions and " Barracks, to supply two numerous Armies, aug- " mented by the Militia, with every article which " they required, the Court-house and the remains of " the Village, at the White Plains, which had been " spared, on the retreat of our forces, was, after the " enemy had, in their turn, retired, wantonly de- " stroyed, without the Orders and to the infinite re- " gret of our worthy General.