We then took him across the road to the east side south of the brook, where there is now an orchard, and there examined him, &c. What took place afterwards you know already. They stopped at Isaac Reade Tavern, between Youngs's and Tarrytown,

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108 832 164. and borrowed the cards with which they played. They called again on their return at Reeds with their captive. He refused refreshments of all kinds which were offered him while in the custody of the captors, and was never taken at all under or near the great white wood trees."

Col. John Paulding of Mount Pleasant: "I agree with Mr. Baylies in the above account. The spot where André was taken and where the three were concealed, was about 150 feet south of Major André's brook and west of the road. This is what I always heard from the Paulding family, John Paulding the captor, was my father's brother. George W. Paulding (son of the captor and elder brother of Capt. Hiram Paulding of the navy) is a house carpenter in New York."

John Paulding of Mount Pleasant: "I agree with Mr. Baylies in the above account. The spot where André was taken and where the three were concealed, was about 150 feet south of Major André's brook and west of the road. This is what I always heard from the Paulding family, John Paulding the captor, was my father's brother. George W. Paulding (son of the captor and elder brother of Capt. Hiram Paulding of the navy) is a house carpenter in New York."