47. his cattle and horses. &c.

Miss Williams, Madame Philips's sister, lived with Mrs Babcock his the war and died at her house. She was a very elegant and accomplished woman, as were also Madames Philips and Babcock. The two former were English.

Miss Fowler was very handsome, but Roww-looked like a Hessian. &c. Mrs. Vredenburg's son shewed me a very long heavy sabre which he said was the sword carried by Brom. Dyckman at the time he received his mortal wound.

Sept. 29th. Frederick Rich, of Mile Square. "Emmerich's corps consisted, I think, of a company of horse commanded by Captain Benjamin Ogden, a company

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of rifle men under Captain Althome, and a company or two of musketeers. Barnes may have commanded one of these last, but I think not. Colonel Tarleton kept his headquarters at Crawford's house at Mile Square, on which is called the Crawford Road.

Garrineau was a Frenchman who kept a large store on the west side of the Bronx. Genl Washington when he went up from New York in 1776, stopped awhile at Garrineau's, and left a large quantity of stores at. his house. Garrineau afterwards went above with Washington, and remained in the country during the war. In 1781, the French, in order to deceive the English pretended they were prepared to attack New York. They commenced constructing a military road towards Kingsbridge and a survey of the whole route, putting up high poles with

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49. flags on the eminences.