His party intended to plunder us. They called us tories. He did not know how few we were.

November 10. Nelson Schofield (who was long imprisoned in Lancaster): - Purdy immediately went below and got a protection, and lived on Long Island till peace. After the war he came here, but the people wouldn't let him stay, and he went to Upper Canada where he died. Fade Donaldson once went below and returned with a [sloop?] along with his party. They were pursued by Delancey, and Donaldson took to the ice at Mamaroneck harbour and landed again at Rye the Refugees being afraid to pursue him on the Sound. -- '79 or '80. ? [margin: + see page 71 [Sloop?]]

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Shube Merritt and his friend Akerty were passing near a swamp in Scarsdale close by which Ben Cornell lives. An American party being there in ambush fired upon them from high ground over - shooting but killing Akerty. Shube escaped like a deer. The Americans surrounded the swamp but Shube was gone!. Lieut. Hughson of Rogers's Queen's [Heathcote's] Rangers was killed at Heathcote hill. He was from Dutchess (that is, Putnam) County. The Americans carried off most of their wounded. Returning past my father's house on the Cross Road from Mamaroneck to Quaker Meeting House, they roused us from bed in order to get some water for the wounded. They advanced in such perfect silence that nobody knew of it and surprised sentry and guard. The cross road which now lies leads from Heathcote's Hill to the Quaker Meeting house was then a mere farm road extending about three quarters of a mile west of the [margin: Heathcote's Hill.]