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Bayles, Nathaniel
John M. McDonald interview — 1848-11-30
From the Westchester County Historical Society catalog:
Nathaniel Baylies (1791-1873), whose surname is actually spelled Bayles, owned land at the site of the capture of British Major John André in Tarrytown. He does not believe in the reliability of David Hammond’s account of the route taken by Major André on the morning of his capture, and states that he will speak with the friends of Isaac Van Wart, one of the three captors of André.
Nathaniel Baylies (1791-1873), whose surname is actually spelled Bayles, owned land at the site of the capture of British Major John André in Tarrytown. He does not believe in the reliability of David Hammond’s account of the route taken by Major André on the morning of his capture, and states that he will speak with the friends of Isaac Van Wart, one of the three captors of André.
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- Hufeland Index Page 853 -
Novr. 30th Mr. Nathaniel Baylies: “I don’t think that David Hammond’s account of Major André’s route can be altogether relied on, he not being a man of much intelligence. I will enquire, however, of the most intelligent of those most intimate with Isaac Van Wart who never told me about André’s route. Mr. Wm. Requa was very intimate with Van Wart and probably has heard from him the course of André’s journey. I think he came all the way to Lee’s store on the Bedford road. At least I have always heard so.”
Transcription from Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews.
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