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Brown, Nehemiah
John M. McDonald interview — 1845-09-29
From the Westchester County Historical Society catalog:
Nehemiah Brown (1766-1847) resided on Hogpenridge in Rye, an area that is now traversed by Ridge Street in present-day Rye Brook. He briefly discusses Major Thomas Huggeford, a Loyalist officer who served in DeLancey’s Refugees. Brown speaks highly of Huggeford, who claimed that the “unjustifiable severity” of American Colonel Thomas Thomas “drove him into the British ranks.”
Nehemiah Brown (1766-1847) resided on Hogpenridge in Rye, an area that is now traversed by Ridge Street in present-day Rye Brook. He briefly discusses Major Thomas Huggeford, a Loyalist officer who served in DeLancey’s Refugees. Brown speaks highly of Huggeford, who claimed that the “unjustifiable severity” of American Colonel Thomas Thomas “drove him into the British ranks.”
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Transcription
- Hufeland Index Page 175 -
1845
Sept. 29th. Nehemiah Brown of Hogpenridge: “Major Huggeford was a humane man, and treated his prisoners well. He always said that the unjustifiable severity of General Thomas drove him into the British ranks.”
Transcription from Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews.
Courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society. No Copyright – United States.
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