McDonald Interviews — Croton-Area Eyewitness Accounts (1844-1851, WCHS digitized 2025)

McDonald Interviews — Croton-Area Eyewitness Accounts Summaries written by Westchester County Historical Society archivists Collection: https://collections.westchestergov.com/digital/collection/mcdonald All items here were identified by searching the 'description' field of each McDonald interview for place names from the Croton-on-Hudson area. ======================================================================

Item 134: Interview with Purdy, Roger Date: 1844-10-19 Interviewee: Purdy, Roger, 1753-1846 People mentioned: Tredwell, Samuel Locations: Tarrytown (Village) - Greenburgh (Town) - Westchester County - New York; Westchester County - New York; Manuscript source: Hufeland Mss. Book 1. Vol. 1, pg. 29. Matched keyword: Tarrytown URL: https://collections.westchestergov.com/digital/collection/mcdonald/id/134

Archivist summary: Roger Purdy (1753-1846) notes that he was a member of an American company of light horse commanded by Captain Samuel Treadwell when two British ships, the HMS Phoenix and HMS Rose, were engaged by a group of American galleys in the Hudson River near Tarrytown on August 16, 1776.