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[X] See pp 4-7 of origl. and 5-10 of copy
<left margin> Who in 1781 owned Dr. Powell's place? In the march music or silence? </left margin>
1850. Octr. 19th. Andrew Corsa [X], of Fordham, aged 89: "It was just before sunrise on Sunday the 22d of July 1781 that I was awakened in my bed (at my father's house where the Roman Catholic College now stands) by the guides Cornelius and John ^Isaac Oakley and James Williams, and request- -ed to accompany the combined French and American armies as a guide to Morrisania. This I had agreed to do when I was up at Appleby's, General Washington's Head- -quarters some days previously. I dressed in haste and followed the Oakley's and Webbers to where a gate led to an adjacent farmhouse. This very spot is now desig- -nated by the gate which conducts to Dr. Powell's house and buildings. Here we found Washington, Rochambeau, the Duke (Lauzun) of the French horse and other officers setting abreast on horseback and facing the the highway. General Washington spoke kindly and directed them to furnish me with a horse. The guides enquired
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if there were any Refugees in the neigh- -bourhood. I told them two, vizt: Sergeant Hilliard and James Travis, [X] who were to be found on the route we should take to West Farms, but added that Hilliard must be surprised before he got on horseback, for if once in his saddle they would never overtake him. They were very anxious to capture Hilliard and his horse, and asked and obtained permission for the attempt from the French and American generals. We all immediately mounted and rode at full speed - I going ahead to show the house where Hilliard lived part of the time when off duty.