Notes - In West Farms and Bibliographic Recommendations
John M. McDonald interview — 1847-09-25
These two pages consist of notes recorded by John Macdonald during a visit to West Farms in present-day Bronx County. He notes that Jackson Odell (1792-1849) told him of two books written by American officers that contain information regarding Westchester County and the Revolutionary War. One is likely the journal of Captain Simeon Thayer, while the other was the autobiography of a New England officer named Moulton. The remainder of the notes are references to Historical Collections of the State of New York by John W. Barber and Henry Howe (New York: S. Tuttle, 1841).
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- Hufeland Index Page 522 -
Septr. 25th West Farms – a deplorably dull, stormy day – Odell went home by RR. Mr. Jackson Odell informed me that the Journal of a subaltern officer named Thayer of Mass, who served under Genl. Heath, and also on Autobiography written by one Moulton, a New England officer contains many facts and occurrences that took place in West Chester during the Revolutionary war.
Barber’s N.Y. Historical Collections. Andre 497. 588 British officers (description of) 308 Dwight Dr. – description of West=chester in the Revoln. } 592 Kingston destroyed 557 Montgomery fort, capture of 422. 423 Peekskill, incursion into 586 Revolutionary incidents in N.Y. 304 Silliman. Maj Genl. capture of 463.
- Hufeland Index Page 523 -
White Plains and Fort Washington, 598. 600 battles of York Island, military movements on 301. Col. Humphrey’s Life of Put. Humphreys account of the skirmish of Haerlem Heights } 302. 3.
Septr. 26th (Sunday) returned from West Farms to White Plains.