It was cold - I the Fall of 1777 or 1778. In 1776, before the battle of White Plains, the British horse came by way of Hunt's to Valentine's hill, &c. The British army was then lying on Hunt's hill. "Mrs. Philipse was the widow Rutgers and her maiden name was Williams. She was an English woman. Simcoe sat crooked on horseback. He was round shouldered. Emmerick was a military looking man. Major Monerief and Captains Outhouse ^Althouse? and Ogden &c were Emmerick's officers. Emmerick's appearance inspired dread. British cavalry encamped on Mrs. Babcock's farm, about the middle of the war; and, afterwards, (I think, next year)
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Knyphausen encamped there. "Babcock was taken to Fishkill with Colonel Philipse and paroled there - taken sick on his way home, and died soon after in 1776."
He was round shouldered. Emmerick was a military looking man. Major Monerief and Captains Outhouse ^Althouse? and Ogden &c were Emmerick's officers. Emmerick's appearance inspired dread. British cavalry encamped on Mrs. Babcock's farm, about the middle of the war; and, afterwards, (I think, next year) - Hufeland Index Page 448 - Knyphausen encamped there. "Babcock was taken to Fishkill with Colonel Philipse and paroled there - taken sick on his way home, and died soon after in 1776."