Major Bearmore surprised the guard at Sherwood's Bridge several times by coming upon them from above in the direction of Quaker Bridge, on a road which runs along the banks of Byram river. Fade Donaldson was a very rough man and plundered. He and Capt. Lockwood suspected that Brom. Barrett was a spy.
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[X] This must have been the "Shuldham" (guard ship) of 10 guns, which was captured by some whaleboat men near City Island. - See p. 74 of original and p. 95 of copy. J.E.
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Col. White of the Dragoons rode a very fine horse. Capt. Frink had been an officer in the American militia - Colonel or major, I believe. He was a very gentlemanly man. Colonel Holmes, of Bedford, who went off to the enemy was a brave man, but a gambler after the war, and his example was said to have had a very bad effect upon the young. Tim Knapp was cousin to the Knapp's of Greenwich, from which place he himself came. - A handsome man of a very handsome family.
Frink had been an officer in the American militia - Colonel or major, I believe. He was a very gentlemanly man. Colonel Holmes, of Bedford, who went off to the enemy was a brave man, but a gambler after the war, and his example was said to have had a very bad effect upon the young. Tim Knapp was cousin to the Knapp's of Greenwich, from which place he himself came. - A handsome man of a very handsome family.