October 30th Samuel Lawrence, 87 years old, a Pensioner:

In 1778, we encamped at Mount Misery where General [Washington] visited us--

"Very good." (Our [inter: officer was] officers were absent and he [Washington] asked our sergeant how large the guard was, when we were relieved &c. To all the sergeants answers he replied: "very good!")

In 1777, I went under Captain Richard Sackett in the Nine Months' Men and we fought the British across the Bronx near Williams Bridge. We then retreated for safety, and Major Fish our commander, a very wary man, conducted us, cautiously, across the fields to Ward's house.--

Wards house was full, and our party went to a house about a quarter of a mile fur=ther (Morgan's). I was fatigued with fighting and marching all day and fell asleep immediately, and was waked by the firing at Wards. Fifteen or

sixteen Americans were killed there. Fish [inter: took] a musket and fired at the British repeatedly.

I believed always that Captn William Bouton then living in South Salem killed Major Campbell with his fuzee. T.x (?) (See on p. 84) [marg: x Fusee (mil.) a fuse - a tube filled with a combustible composition used for blasting or firing shells.] John Shaw, a Scotchman, a volunteer horseman, was at Ward's, and [inter: went] was up stairs for his saddle. after the enemy were in their stirrups and [inter: it] went clink! clink! as he came down the stairs. They, the British, captured, then, a great num -ber of horses.