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October 7th Mr. Buckout of Morrisania: "I have always heard that the Refugee settlement burnt in 1781, stood in what is called the 'Nut Woods', a little east of Morrisania Church and a little north of the eminence or Knoll which is north east of the house I live in. There are at the present time some remains of the huts. An old Frenchman
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named Rocco told me he occupied one of these buildings. The small brook that crosses the road between Mill Brook and the Bronx is called Wigwam Brook, and, as I have understood was once of sufficient power to turn a mill, there being one upon it. Harlem river between Morrisania and Randall's Island is not more than 300 feet in width. The old Morrisania Mill as I have always heard stood a little south of the church. You can see where the dam and pond of the Mill Brook were.
The small brook that crosses the road between Mill Brook and the Bronx is called Wigwam Brook, and, as I have understood was once of sufficient power to turn a mill, there being one upon it. Harlem river between Morrisania and Randall's Island is not more than 300 feet in width. The old Morrisania Mill as I have always heard stood a little south of the church. You can see where the dam and pond of the Mill Brook were.