Macdonald's Research Notes

Richard: :son's Maryland regiments, with some detachments of Eastern Troops, who charged the enemy & drove them from the wood to the plain, & were still pur :suing, when I judged it prudent to withdraw them, fearing the enemy might be sending a large reinforcement to their troops which were enga: :ged, which was the case, as I have since understood. A sergeant who deserted from the enemy has informed me their party was greater than I imagined; as it consisted of the 2nd battalion of light infantry, a battalion of Royal Highlanders, & 3 companies of Hessian riflemen, under the command of Genl. Leslie. Their loss, by his report, amounted to 89 wounded & missing, & 8 killed; in the latter his account in altogether imperfect, as our people discovered & buried double that number. I am in hopes this little suc: :cess will be productive of salutary consequences, as our army seems to be greatly inspirited by it. &c." p. 217. /

"John Thomas junr. Chairman of the W.C.C. General Committee - To - The Provl. Congress." "13th Septr 1776" - "Examination of the prisoners apprehended with Lounsberry." "I *caused* the sd. prisoners, to wit, Jacob Shureman, Bloomer Neilson, Joseph Tur: :ner & Samuel Haines to be brought before me. Josiah Disbrow, the other priso: :ner, being unable to be removed, on acct. of his being wounded at the time of his apprehension." - "Shureman says as he was going to Rye fr. New Rochelle; - came across 3 or 4 men with Lounsberry in the woods - …. They had 3 or 4 guns in company; - …Says he was on board the Pheonix in the North river; was persuaded by Godfrey Haines to go, but he went with Joshua Ferris &. . . "Neilson says" - …..