It was, I think, upwards of four miles (probably four and a half) from Fort No. 8 to Gouverneur Morris's at Morrisania. My brother, Isaac Corsa, the youngest of our family lives in East Chester, or in West Chester on the borders of East Chester. He must remember a good deal, and I advise you to see him. At the commencement of the revolu- -tionary war, Bearmore, I think, must have been nearly 25 years old. I have heard that the Refugee Captain Knapp was for some offence sent to the New
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York State Prison. The Refugee troops, I believe, in general did not receive pay or clothing, but they all drew provisions. Mrs. Day's Tavern stood the first house below Peter Myer's on the left hand going to New York - that is, on the east side of the old Lost [X] road. I don't know whether she ever kept Morris's house for Genl. Knyphausen when it was his headquarters. Her name is Cintje Day, and she gave name to the Cintjeapple which first grew in her gar- -den or in her place."
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The Refugee troops, I believe, in general did not receive pay or clothing, but they all drew provisions. Mrs. Day's Tavern stood the first house below Peter Myer's on the left hand going to New York - that is, on the east side of the old Lost [X] road. I don't know whether she ever kept Morris's house for Genl. Knyphausen when it was his headquarters. Her name is Cintje Day, and she gave name to the Cintjeapple which first grew in her gar- -den or in her place." [X] Post