old tea pot under a tree, and where another considerable sum in Spanish dollars, at a different place, was concealed under an oak tree, This money we found after the Revolutionary war and it assisted us very much, tho' from its being buried extremely deep, it was obtained with difficulty. Colonel Hatfield was related to the Hatfields of White Plains. From my recollection of Major Bearmore, I am under the impres- -sion that he was a severe man. While below Colonel Delancey sent to my father informing him that the men who had been concerned in whipping him to extort his money were prisoners, and wishing to know what punishment he should inflict &c. My father immediately went to the Colonel and said: 'As far as I am concerned, Colonel, let the men go, uninjured.'
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Azariah Horton, brother of John, was whipped and hung by the Skinners until he told where his money was buried. They got of him upwards of ninety guineas. Thomas Ferris was one of them. Azariah Horton did not belong to any of the Refugee corps. It was always said that Timothy Purdy drove cattle low for General Thomas.
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November 6th. Abraham Davis: "I saw Kipp's party when they passed through White Plains after attacking Mosier. They stopped at Hatfield's Tavern and procured a carriage to take a man badly wounded. I don't know this man's name, but it was not Strang, I think. It was a buckshot wound. Their horses were much wounded, and they were out of humor. When the British after the battle of White Plains advanced to Travis's (afterwards Hatfields) Hill, it is said that nine Hessians were killed by one cannon shot. I think that on this occasion they must have advanced on the west side of the Bronx - but am not certain.
I don't know this man's name, but it was not Strang, I think. It was a buckshot wound. Their horses were much wounded, and they were out of humor. When the British after the battle of White Plains advanced to Travis's (afterwards Hatfields) Hill, it is said that nine Hessians were killed by one cannon shot. I think that on this occasion they must have advanced on the west side of the Bronx - but am not certain.