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King, Joshua I.
John M. McDonald interview — 1846-09-04
From the Westchester County Historical Society catalog:
Joshua I. King (1801-1887) “and others” discuss the departure of the British force under the command of General William Tryon from Ridgefield, Connecticut on April 28, 1777, the day after the Battle of Ridgefield.
Joshua I. King (1801-1887) “and others” discuss the departure of the British force under the command of General William Tryon from Ridgefield, Connecticut on April 28, 1777, the day after the Battle of Ridgefield.
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- Hufeland Index Page 469 -
Septr. 4. Joshua I. King, of Ridgefield, Connt. The morning the British left they fired a house on the top of a high hill to give their friends notice of who they were. Their encampment was by the road side on the east, with guards on the hill west of the village of Ridgefield, and on a hill to the east near where Colonel Gould fell. They retreated in haste without plundering. – Joshua King and others.
Transcription from Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews.
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