He got a gallon of brandy -- treated the soldiers -- climbed picket fence -- "Come down, you rebel rascal!" -- At last, watching his opportunity, he got over and made his escape to Nathan Lavinus who kept a livery stable in Chatterton Street where Lorillard's manufactory afterwards was. Paulding said to him: "You must furnish me with a disguise." -- Got a Hessian's coat green turned up with red, got a boat at the North river and escaped to the Jerseys -- met a British guard boat and got [marg: see origl. p. 52. (Note Book - 1847.)] to Weehawk, where he was ~~brought~~ taken up and brought before Marquis La Fayette as a spy. Colonel Courtland there knew him and procured his release. As he was going to the North river a Hes=sian sentinel challenged him. He was prepared and answered in German -- then asked (again) a question in that language, and then hurried on fearing that the Hessian might discover his ignorance of High Dutch. When the Provincial Congress removed [returned] from Haerlem to White Plains, they rode on horseback, and on receiving letters from General Washington and others on the way, they stopped, organized on horseback the [Council] -- [marg: some] McKesson found the stump of a tree -- and they passed several resolutions &c in that state.

Colonel Philipse was taken up early in the Revolutionary war and carried to Connecticut, and paroled by Govr. Trumbull to his Manor. In the early part of 1777, or thereabouts Philips's wife and daughter (great tories) persuaded him to sign a letter informing the British Commander at Kingsbridge that an American party was down at Morrisania. The letter was sent by a servant to the British and found out by one of the Dyckmans, &c Col. Philipse after this was afraid to stay any longer.