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Cypher, Rachel
John M. McDonald interview — 1846
From the Westchester County Historical Society catalog:
Rachel Ecker Cypher (1761-1854, surname also spelled Syffer) was about 20 years old when she and a group of friends entered a tavern in Bedford where they excitedly announced the capture of the British army under Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia. As she recalls, a Loyalist at the tavern did not respond well to the news.
Rachel Ecker Cypher (1761-1854, surname also spelled Syffer) was about 20 years old when she and a group of friends entered a tavern in Bedford where they excitedly announced the capture of the British army under Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia. As she recalls, a Loyalist at the tavern did not respond well to the news.
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- Hufeland Index Page 363 -
Mrs. Rachel Cypher: After Cornwallis’s surrender, I, with three or four girls of my own age, went on foot to Bedford where we entered a tavern and hurraed several times and shouted: “Cornwallis is taken!” – “Cornwallis is taken!” This gave great offence to a tory sitting there who got up and went away in a passion saying that some crazy wenches were reporting about that Cornwallis and his army had surrendered.
Transcription from Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews.
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