Macdonald's Research Notes

Philipse's the day before the cannon were spiked to know whether he wd. [would] set up again as a representative - That he set off from home with an intention to spike the guns or disarm them. That the following persons were with him vizt. - Joshua Gidney, Josiah Burrell, William Haines, Thomas Haines, ^& James Haines, junr ** -- That his reason for disabling the cannon was that as the New England people had done several acts wh he thought harsh he wanted p. 341. /

Vol. 1. to prevent the guns to be used on any fortifications that might be built near Kingsbridge, as they wd then be between two fires. &…That he was in bed when the other persons escaped. - That one of the company took one sledge out of Benjn. *Flandereau's* Shop, & another was got when they were at John Gidney's &c. &c. Isac Gidney says That Lounsberry came to him & asked him to make 100 & add hatched teeth out of old files & he made 104 accordingly: - That Joshua Gidney lives within 40 rods of him & Lounsberry, ½ a mile out of the country road. &c." - Cornelius McCartney says, he lives in Philipse's Manor, in Yonkers Township - That he usually keeps school - That he does not know who spiked up the cannon at Valentines. - That he had a dispute about Whig & Tory & some persons out of spite informed against him, that he had been concerned in spiking the cannon, but that it was not true. - That he was the person called a Tory. &c." McCartney was discharged * Lounsberry & the others remanded to prison. pp. 341. 342.

"Stephen Ward to the P.C." March 5 1776" - "If Mr. Barclay shd be appointed to guard the guns, he expects the 50 wh are at Williams' to be moved to the others near Valentines, &c." p. 342. / "March 16, '76 - A Long letter from *Jacamiah* Allen, who says that 82 of the guns beyond Kings Bridge are cleared & unspiked, & * on the 16th * p. 371. / "It wd [would] seem that the no. of guns spiked at or near Kingsbridge was about 200.* p.374