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October 11th John and Isiah Coutant, living on the cross road about one and a half or two miles from New Rochelle village: "The British army first encamped from Elias Guion's farm to Haerlem river, and then on our farm along the Ridge. Howe's Headquarters were at James Pugsleys, father of Hannah, an old house on the east side of the road to
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John & Isaiah Coutant contd.
White Plains, a little north of the cross road leading to our house. The skirmish with the Hessians took place at the house where the Widow Morrell kept a tavern, and the wounded were brought all the way to our house to have their wounds dressed. The firing created a great alarm, and the British regiments all turned out. Shube Merritt belonged to Emmericks, but conducted himself so bad that Em merick dismissed him, and he then fought and plundered upon his own hook, as a cowboy. He lost one hand and part of his forearm, and was killed at [Mrs. Fallon's [X1]] (near Barton's) house at New Rochelle Landing. When Emmerick dismissed him, he said he would show what he could do. Fred. Donaldson was taken in a thicket of bushes in front of Eells [X2] house where Captain Daniel Williams kept tavern after the war, and where he died, and where M. Pinkney afterwards lived. The party
[X1] (Widow, *Teton's* house? see p. 78. Copy.)] [X2] (so in original see p. 13 -)