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Corsa, Andrew

John M. McDonald interview — 1844

From the Westchester County Historical Society catalog:
This comment from Andrew Corsa (1762-1852) does not have context, but appears to refer to American Captain Daniel Williams and Mill Brook, a body of water in the southwest portion of Bronx County.

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- Hufeland Index Page 119 -

Andw Corsa: Captain Williams almost frozen to death. It must have been Mill (or Morris) Brook that impeded the march

- Hufeland Index Page 120 -

Andrew Corsa contd.

of the Americans under Hull and Parsons near N: 8. This brook runs through Andrew Corsa’s farm. It passes through the middle of the Refugees settlement, – Is apt to be swelled in the winter. It commences about a mile above Mr. Andrew Corsa’s. Robert Hunt’s about three quarters of a mile below West Farms – Abm. Leggett’s nearly two miles below –

Transcription from Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews. Courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society. No Copyright – United States. View the original manuscript at WCHS →