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Holley, Lemuel
John M. McDonald interview — 1846
From the Westchester County Historical Society catalog:
Lemuel Holley’s surname appears to have actually been Hawley. He discusses the Battle of Westport, which took place in Westport, Connecticut on April 28, 1777. A British force under General William Tryon successfully maneuvered around an American force led by Benedict Arnold.
Lemuel Holley’s surname appears to have actually been Hawley. He discusses the Battle of Westport, which took place in Westport, Connecticut on April 28, 1777. A British force under General William Tryon successfully maneuvered around an American force led by Benedict Arnold.
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- Hufeland Index Page 468 -
Deacon Lemuel Holley, [of Ridgefield] – Mr. Lambert will answer my inquiries. When Tryon came one and a half or two miles from he found Arnold in a strong position. His guides then took him back through a bye road [X], and making a circuit crossed the river at a ford by [Raymond’s] factory about one and a half or two miles above Saugatuck bridge. This ford is below (that is, south of) Poplar Plain. – Accounts from persons on the road.
[X] Mem. The lane or bye road runs northerly.
<left margin> See origl. p. 122. <left margin>
Transcription from Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews.
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