I believe Paulding was the youngest of the three captors. The others were about half a mile (or there abouts) off to the east on the hill. Abraham Martling who kept Tammany Hall in New York, was wounded on board one of the American galleys in the battle with the Phoenix and Rose lying off Tarrytown. These galleys were down as low nearly as Dobbs Ferry when the battle began, and then they gradually approached the British. He (Abraham Martling) was with the party that burnt General
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DeLancey's house. He lived at NewYork at the commencement of the Revolutionary war, and was a very warm whig. I don't know who commanded when they took and burnt General Delancey's house at Bloomingdale, but I believe it was Captain Buchanan of the water guards. - There were several boats. The fire of the house caused a great alarm among the British shipping and they were forced to return by way of New Jersey after burning the boats A British frigate once came up and was lying off Tarrytown. She sent a boat which rowed towards Beekman's Point. Colonel Armand who was scouting about asked me to guide him. He had been lying on the hill and saw the boat. He meant to fire upon them from a wall piece he had with him loaded with slugs and which he said would reach them (halfway across the river). Armand
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