102 828 160. Now! 16th Mrs. Hannah Miller: "I am now in my 90th year. There was, I think, in the Revolutionary war a blacksmith's shop on the hill above Moses Fowler's, kept by one Gabriel &c - H. Fadron, brother of John. Moses Miller says André was captured by the three who at the time were concealed in the bushes on the east side of the road."

Rev: Alexander Van Wart: "My strong impression and belief is that I always heard my father say that at the time Major André was taken, he and his two comrades were lying concealed on the west side of the Post road and on the south side of the brook. I think I cannot be

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103 829 161. mistaken in this. Mess: Nathaniel Baylies, Pierre Wildey (Supr.) and Martin Smith, all of Tarrytown, well know. &c When the American army lay at White Plains, General Schuyler's Headquarters were at my grandfather's (Nicholas Storms) now owned by Jonathan Baylies, and situated in the fields about one mile from my house. A lane running in a westerly direction leads to it from the Saw Mill river road. An old black woman, owned by Mr Storms, used to tell me of the style in which General Schuyler dressed and powdered his hair. &c Storms' Wood, adjoining the road where Hopkins was ambushed in July 30th. 1774, was part of Mr Storms' farm.