About the middle of the war, General Thomas's flour mills on the Byram, near his house, were taken and plundered by a party of Delancey's Refugees who took off a great quantity of flour. Among the Refugees who came upon this occasion was one Silvanus Simmons who belonged to Delancey's corps, but who a short time previously was found by General Thomas at West Point where he had been
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for sometime in prison, from which he was taken by Thomas (who knew him) on parole and very kindly treated. Brom Barrett, I think, was a British subject - probably, an Irishman.
Among the Refugees who came upon this occasion was one Silvanus Simmons who belonged to Delancey's corps, but who a short time previously was found by General Thomas at West Point where he had been - Hufeland Index Page 1068 - for sometime in prison, from which he was taken by Thomas (who knew him) on parole and very kindly treated. Brom Barrett, I think, was a British subject - probably, an Irishman.