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October 25th Josiah Quinby of New Castle, aged 85: "I was born in this house in 1763. Once towards the latter part of the war, thirty or forty Refugees horse came up and staid all night at Dark Hollow or Valley, near here, at the head of the Bronx and of the Kisco, where they fed their horses with the meadow grass and went on next morning to Middle Patent where they killed wounded and took several. Samuel Miller, I think, at this time was wounded, and a man was killed. This party were all horseman. They returned by
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another road. I don't know who commanded them. It is likely that Samuel Knapp Kipp commanded. They left here very early in the morning and had a skirmish near Samuel Smith's Tavern before they got to Mid- -dle Patent. They dispersed an Ame- -rican guard, near Smith's, or rather at Ben. Hopkins's who then owned Smith's place which was burnt during the Revolutionary war. I think there was some fighting when Major Lyon was taken at Middle Patent. (See Rivington's account) The French army once lay south east of Wampus Pond on lands be- -longing to Job Coxe and Marston Brundage where they built ovens. I think the French were there a week or two. General Washington once passed here with two aids. They were examining the ground with spy glasses, &c.
Hopkins's who then owned Smith's place which was burnt during the Revolutionary war. I think there was some fighting when Major Lyon was taken at Middle Patent. (See Rivington's account) The French army once lay south east of Wampus Pond on lands be- -longing to Job Coxe and Marston Brundage where they built ovens. I think the French were there a week or two. General Washington once passed here with two aids. They were examining the ground with spy glasses, &c.