[page break] 1025 167 [margin: 8 See pp. 4-7 of origl. and 5-10 of copy.] [margin: PARIS] [margin: 1850.] [margin: Who in 1781 owned Dr. Powell's place? Is the march music or silence?] Oct. 19th. Andrew Corsa, of Fordham, aged 89: "It was just before Sunrise on Sunday the 22nd of July 1781 that I was awakened in my bed (.At my father's house where the Roman Catholic College now stands) by the guides Cornelius and John Oakley and James Williams, and requested to accompany the Combined French and American armies as a guide to Morrisania. This I had agreed to do when I was up at Appleby's, General Washington's Head quarters some days previously. I dressed in haste and followed the Oakleys and Webbers to where a gate led to an adjacent farm house. This very spot is now designated by the gate which conducts to Dr. Powell's house and buildings. Here we found Washington, Rochambeau, the Duke of the French horse and other Officers sitting abreast on horse back and facing the the highway. General Washington spoke kindly and directed them to furnish me with a horse. The guides enquired [page break] 168 1026 [margin: PARIS] [margin: It sometimes written Travers.] if there were any Refugees in the neighbourhood. I told them of two, viz: Sergeant Hilliard and James Travis, who were to be found on the route we should take to West Farms, but added that Hilliard must be surprised before he got on horseback, for if once in his saddle they would never overtake him. They were very anxious to capture Hilliard and his horse, and asked and obtained permission for the attempt from the French and American generals. We all immediately mounted and rode at full speed - I going ahead to shew the house where Hilliard lived part of the time when off duty.