[margin: Van Wart used to come to my mill where he told me all.] November 29th David Hammond aged 80. "Major Andre called at my father's house on the 23d of September 1780, asked for a drink of water. My sister brought water from the spring, and he asked me to hold his horse, whilst he drank, which I did. He then asked how far it was to White Plains. My mother told him eight miles. "My God!" said he, holding up his hands "am I so far off yet." going to White Plains Instead of turning off however, at Russell's corner, he turned off on the Tarrytown road. Isaac Van Wart told me Andre pursued after leaving Pinesbridge which was as follows (and which I have told him, as he had to answer on being questioned): He went from Pines bridge on the road to White Plains about six miles as far as Russell's corner when he took the Tarrytown road on which he went about two miles and a half to where

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[margin: * From Read's he went to the place of capture. The road he took at Russell's corner would have brought Andre out on the Post road at Reeds store on the hill side, had he not taken the path across the fields.] James Rogue lived. Here he took a path which led through the fields about three quarters of a mile and which came out into the White Plains and Tarrytown road at Isaac Reads Tavern which was about one mile and a half from where Andre was taken, and about two miles to Garytown*. I cannot be mistaken in this. Van Wart said Andre gave this account to satisfy their enquiries which were numerous before and after they arrived at Colonel Jamieson's quarters.