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Interview with Carpenter, John

Macdonald, John. Interview with Carpenter, John, 1769-1851; (1844-10-23). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 292. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026. 179 words

The spot where Captain Purdy was killed is not more than half a mile from Rye Bridge on Pur- -chase Street road, and at the fork where the Hogpenridge road commences. After his fall his party wheeled about and must then have advanced to White Plains by some other road -- probably North Street. J. M. M. He must have advanced by the North Street there being then no other! J. M. M. --]

Octr. 23d Merritt Brown of King Street near Portchester. Brown, a jerseyman and a lieutennant in Sheldon's, was a brave man, and obtained great credit by a retreat he made when

After his fall his party wheeled about and must then have advanced to White Plains by some other road -- probably North Street. J. M. M. He must have advanced by the North Street there being then no other! J. M. M. --] Octr. 23d Merritt Brown of King Street near Portchester. Brown, a jerseyman and a lieutennant in Sheldon's, was a brave man, and obtained great credit by a retreat he made when