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Old Mrs. Carihart. - Capt. Sherwood - Officers in debt, &c. - Robt. Merritt of East Chester - Wm. Theall - Mr. Wetmore.
Decr 5th David Brown, of H[arrison], aged 86: "Major Hungerford told Fade D[onelson] he would hang him. This was the day he was taken. Fade dared him to do so without trial. He replied - "You'll see!" Soon after he took out his watch and said, "Donaldson, you have half an hour longer to live!" &c. Donaldson was firm at first, but softened when the hour of execution approached. I don't know whether or not Brom. Barrett was an Irishman - but I think not. In the morning of 5th of August 1779, my father, brother and myself were going to work in the road at Rye near the square house, when Colonel White overtook us and told us to go on, and drove us from where we had stopped at a black- -smith's shop to Horseneck, being afraid we would give information to Colonel
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Simcoe who was pursuing. By the time we were on the hill over Byram the British was within 200 yards of us at the bridge. When Major Hungerford returned from Nova Scotia he at first lived on the hill across Byram river, and was compelled to go about with arms for fear of the Donelsons who had threatened to kill him, &c. Col. White stopped old Mrs. Carihart about the same time he stopped us and tried to drive her to M Horseneck also, but she was such a scold he could do nothing with her and let her go. While at Horseneck on this occasion and under guard, a tory, old Captain Sherwood ordered the guard to let us go.