We also agreed to share equally between the seven all the plunder and gain we made. About 10 or 11 a.m. the three came to us with Major André whom they had taken and examined a short time before, and his horse &c. We then all went to Jacob Romer's (Tavern) where we took breakfast (some refreshments) and then proceeded im- -mediatley to Mile Square in North Cas- -tle where we delivered André and his papers &c to Lieut. Colonel Jamieson (or Major Tallmadge?) I don't know which
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André's horse was sold at auction, and he redeemed the watch. The (these) proceeds together with the money found upon him &c were divided equally among the seven." Mema. Jacob Romer (father of Captain John) lived on the White Plains and Tarrytown road about a quarter of a mile from that road and one and a half miles from the Post-- road. The Post-- road at Tarrytown then ran a little West of the present road. André was stopped and taken at the little rivulet above mentioned. His captors then conducted him to the great white-wood-tree where (under which they searched him and discovered the papers. The tree stood a hundred or a hundred and fifty yards South of the said rivulet called Clark's Kill.
Jacob Romer (father of Captain John) lived on the White Plains and Tarrytown road about a quarter of a mile from that road and one and a half miles from the Post-- road. The Post-- road at Tarrytown then ran a little West of the present road. André was stopped and taken at the little rivulet above mentioned. His captors then conducted him to the great white-wood-tree where (under which they searched him and discovered the papers. The tree stood a hundred or a hundred and fifty yards South of the said rivulet called Clark's Kill.