679 121 12. my fathers papers, but my impression is that there is not much to be derived from them which will be of service to you, &c.

Sept. 27. William R. Ronalds of 117 Wall Street (over Mr. Ketchums): I will make it a point to examine my grand fathers (Colonel James Holmes) papers and will furnish you with all you want in relation to his biography and his transactions in West Chester and Connecticut. I will leave my memoir at your brothers office in Clinton Place. My grandfather was Lieut. Colonel of one of the first four regiments raised by New York. Several circumstances induced him to go over to the British. He had difficulties with General Schuyler - ad- vanced moneys to pay his men which was [page break] 122 680 13. not refunded. He was intimate with Colonel James DeLancey and considered the British government right as respected the civil contest. He received compensation from Great Britain for the loss of his pro- perty at Bedford, but I am now urging a claim upon the British government for lands to which he was entitled from the Crown, &c.

Sept. 27th Henry F. Tallmadge, of 13 St. Marks Place and 1 Hanover St. I will lend you for examination and copy my fathers list of the officers and privates of Colonel Sheldon's regiment of Dragoons, with memorandum of the services &c and also my copy of my fathers journal - kept in the war of the Revolution. I looked over the Journal which contains interesting particulars of the battle of White Plains - of Colonel

Sept. 27th Henry F. Tallmadge, of 13 St. Marks Place and 1 Hanover St. I will lend you for examination and copy my fathers list of the officers and privates of Colonel Sheldon's regiment of Dragoons, with memorandum of the services &c and also my copy of my fathers journal - kept in the war of the Revolution. I looked over the Journal which contains interesting particulars of the battle of White Plains - of Colonel