The jail was in the lower story which was stone, and the Court House in the upper story which was wood. It was, I think, upwards of four miles (probably four and a half) from Fab Nº 8 to Gouverneur Morris's at Morrisania. My brother, Isaac Corsa, the youngest of our family lives in East Chester, or in West Chester on the borders of East Chester. He must remember a good deal, and I advise you to see him. At the commencement of the revolutionary war, Bearmore, I think, must have been nearly 25 years old. I have heard that the Refugee Captain Knapp was for some offence sent to the New

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The Refugee troops, I believe, in general did not receive pay or clothing, but they all drew provisions. Mrs. Day's Tavern stood the first house below Peter Myers on the left hand going to New York, that is, on the east side of the old Post road. I don't know whether she [margin: Post] ever kept Morris's house for Genl. Knyphausen when it was his head quarters. Her name is Cintje Day, and she gave name to the Cintje apple which first grew in her garden or in her place."

October 27th Mr. Randall of 115th St. East river - opposite Randall's and Wards Island: "I remember Mrs. Day who kept a tavern on the old Post road under Harlem Heights. She had a daughter who

I don't know whether she [margin: Post] ever kept Morris's house for Genl. Knyphausen when it was his head quarters. Her name is Cintje Day, and she gave name to the Cintje apple which first grew in her garden or in her place." October 27th Mr. Randall of 115th St. East river - opposite Randall's and Wards Island: "I remember Mrs. Day who kept a tavern on the old Post road under Harlem Heights. She had a daughter who