Lauzun said: "The women of this country don't like my whiskers. - I can't get along with them - but I can't cut them off." His men took cider - three or four barrels from us without paying [X], and my father then went to the Plains and complained to the Duke who im- -mediately sent an officer to us and paid liberally. The officer was angry because my father complained to the Duke. My father was a neutral in politics, and for that reason was suspected of being a tory. My father invited the Dukes officers (?), who paid us, to dinner - treated them to some "Cider Royal", when they forgot their pique about his complaint to the Duke, and got very merry. I think some of the Duke's legion - officers and men - were Dutch or German.
[X] They brought a cart with them from White Plains, and threatened to kill my father if he hindered them.
My father was a neutral in politics, and for that reason was suspected of being a tory. My father invited the Dukes officers (?), who paid us, to dinner - treated them to some "Cider Royal", when they forgot their pique about his complaint to the Duke, and got very merry. I think some of the Duke's legion - officers and men - were Dutch or German. [X] They brought a cart with them from White Plains, and threatened to kill my father if he hindered them.