Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution
a Petition of Miles Oakley to General Washington, " November 9, 1776 J " Deposition of John Martine and Memorandum of Goods plundered from him, " dated November 13, 1776"; Deposition of Talman Pugsley, "dated "the second day of December, 1776 " ; Petition of Phoebe Oakley to the Convention of New-York, and her Deposition, "dated the second of December, " 1776 " ; Deposition of Marmaduke Foster and a List of Articles taken by the soldiers, from him, "dated the thirteenth of November, 1776" j Release, by Stephen Oakley, "m behalf of Solomon Pugsley and the widow "Elizabeth Pugsley, to Captain Ford, "for the things that said Captain "lord 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 papers, Connected with the history of that period and illustrative of the morality and integrity of New Englanders of the era of the Revolutionary War. can be found, anywhere, than these.
* Depositions of Phoebe Oakley, John Martine, Talman Pugsley, and Marmaduke Foster; Release, by Stephen Oakley to Captain Ford; Deposition ofEbenezer BurrW,, "dated the second day of December, 1776 " ; etc.
WESTCHESTEE 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.