History / Archive / Macdonald, John. Interview with Churchill, Mrs.; (1845-10-03). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 370. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).

Interview with Churchill, Mrs.

Macdonald, John. Interview with Churchill, Mrs.; (1845-10-03). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 370. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States). Passage 1 of 1 229 words

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Friday, October 3rd. Mrs. . . . . . . Churchill born Taylor, living on the Tuckeyhoe road near Hart's corner. "I was a girl 15 or 16 years of age in 1781, when the French army lay south of the Bates House now occupied by Jack- -son Odell. This house was the Head Quarters of General Rocham- -beau during all the time the French army was encamped on the high ground between the Allaire road and Sprain Brook on the south side of the Dobbs Ferry Road. - While there General Rochambeau gave four or five large dinner parties to the French and American officers in the old barn northwest of the house which was then owned by Mr . . . Bates, afterwards by Colonel John Odell, and is now owned by Jackson Odell.

This house was the Head Quarters of General Rocham- -beau during all the time the French army was encamped on the high ground between the Allaire road and Sprain Brook on the south side of the Dobbs Ferry Road. - While there General Rochambeau gave four or five large dinner parties to the French and American officers in the old barn northwest of the house which was then owned by Mr . . . Bates, afterwards by Colonel John Odell, and is now owned by Jackson Odell.