Culver, in his History of Somers, relates some incidents of his career. k* Luther Kinnicutt," he says, " was the compeer of Crosby in his dangerous work, and although it is not known that they worked together, the character of the novelist was evidently drawn from both these men. Kinnicutt frequented the town after the close of the war, and is remembered by some of our old residents as a tall, straight, spare man, of dark complexion, keen, gray eyes, solemn visage, sharp-witted, and eccentric. ■" Like Crosby, he " used to frequent the British camp as a peddler of small notions." The Westchester guides of the Revolution are justly celebrated. Prominent among them were Abraham Dyckman, who came from the vicinity of Kiugsbridge, and after a heroic career fell in the service of his country just at the close of the struggle; his brother, Michael Dyckman; Andrew Corsa, bom on the Manor of Fordham in 1702 and died at Fordham in 1852; Cornelius Oakley, of White Plains; Brom Boyce, of the present Town of Mount Pleasant; Isaac Udell, of Yonkers; and William Davids, of Tarrytown. 1 From an address, " Tarleton's Raid Through Bedford in 1779," delivered before the West-

Chester County Historical Society the Rev. Lea Luquer, of Bedford.

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EXERAL HEATH, placed in command at Peekskill on the 9th of November, 1770, had with him on the 21st of that month a force of about 4,000. On the 9th of December he was ordered to join the army in Xew Jersey with a portion of his troops, and went as far as Hackensack, but he was soon sent back, arriving in Peekskill on the 23d. The winter passed without any British movement being- attempted against him-- on the contrary he took the aggressive and boldly assailed the enemy at Kingsbridge in a siege of old Fort Independence and its supporting works which lasted twelve days.