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Interview with Randell, John

Macdonald, John. Interview with Randell, John, 1772-1850; (1848). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 695. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026. 249 words

It must have stood, I think, about a quarter of a mile South east of the spot where the Boston Post road crosses Mill Brook near James Morris's gate.

There are no remains of forts or prisons on Randall's Island, and never heard of there having been any. [page break] 118 678 [margin: Bronx] When Colonel Jackson made his attack La Briene must have been op- -posite Ward's Island or opposite the Channel which separates it from Randall's Island.

There is no stream of water between Mill Brook and the Bronx river.

I don't know whether or not, McLean Ward of Wards Island be living at the present time.

[margin: 1848.? (1838 in orig. -- an error.). see p. 7.] Sept. 27th Hamilton Fish, of 138 Second Avenue: "Between this and the 1st of next January, I will overlook my fathers papers and let you see all that relates to the Revolutionary war in West Chester County. It is long since I have examined

There is no stream of water between Mill Brook and the Bronx river. I don't know whether or not, McLean Ward of Wards Island be living at the present time. [margin: 1848.? (1838 in orig. -- an error.). see p. 7.] Sept. 27th Hamilton Fish, of 138 Second Avenue: "Between this and the 1st of next January, I will overlook my fathers papers and let you see all that relates to the Revolutionary war in West Chester County. It is long since I have examined