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Novr. 23d. Nathaniel Hyatt, Esq. of New Castle, Pines Bridge Post Office: "Mr. Samuel Chadeayne requested me to call and see you. The names of the men who captured and robbed the French Doctor near Pines Bridge, during the Revolu- -tionary war were: Henry Weeks, James Tillett, and James Totten. [X] After stripping him they sat down and cut a pack of cuts to decide who should kill him. The lot fell upon Totten but he refused to do the deed saying, "I am a boy only seventeen years old, and will not perform so bloody a task." Tillet then offered to take his place, and no oppo- -sition being made, he shot the Frenchman dead. The Totten family who are rich and respectable are highly incensed at Bolton's account of this affair, and have long talked of prosecuting him. The French general offered a reward of one thousand guineas for the capture of those concerned in this transaction. Just at the
[X] Henry Weeks, Jas. Tillet and Jas. Totten.
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close of the Revolutionary war, my father Captain Abraham Hyatt went down to Morrisania with a party to take Tillett and surrounded the house in which he lived, but did not succeed. I will write you a full account of this affair, and also communicate some interesting Revolutionary incidents together with a biographical sketch of my father's life," &c.
Just at the [X] Henry Weeks, Jas. Tillet and Jas. Totten. - Hufeland Index Page 969 - close of the Revolutionary war, my father Captain Abraham Hyatt went down to Morrisania with a party to take Tillett and surrounded the house in which he lived, but did not succeed. I will write you a full account of this affair, and also communicate some interesting Revolutionary incidents together with a biographical sketch of my father's life," &c.