Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution

s General Heath ordered Colonel Sargent, with five hundrt-d Infantry and forty Cavalry ; Captain Horton, of the Artillery, with two twelvepounders ; and Captain Crafts, with a howitzer, to march, immediately and with all possible expedition, to Dobbs's-ferry ; and the entire Division was formed, in order of battle, and "moved down, over the different " grounds which it was supposed might be the scene of action." -- {Memoirs of General Heath, 69 )

See, also, General Heath's Orders to Colonel Sargent, " King's Bridge, " October 9, 1776 ; " David How's Diary, October 9, 1776 ; Colonel Sargent to General Heath, " Half past two o'clock at night, Dobb's Ferry, "October 10, 1776 ; " General Heath's Orders to Colonel Sargent, " King's (; Bridge, October 10, 1776 ; " etc.

* We have not found a file of Gaine's New- York Gazette and the Weekly Mercury of the latter portion of 1 776 ; and the well-informed Mr. Kelby of the New York Historical Society, informs us that such a file is not known to him, anywhere.

WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

which it should have received, at an earlier day, and of which it was in great need. 1

The enemy's Squadron got under way, again, during the evening, and sailed up the river, as far as Tarrytown ; where it anchored, and remained during the entire period which was occupied by those stirring and momentous events of which their own movement, up the Hudson-river, was the earlier portion. 2