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Paulding, John
John M. McDonald interview — 1848
From the Westchester County Historical Society catalog:
John Paulding (1787-c.1862) was a nephew of John Paulding, one of the three men who captured British Major John André in 1780. He seconds the information given by Nathaniel Bayles in an interview on the same day, and describes the place in Tarrytown where the captors concealed themselves. He suggests that John Macdonald interview George W. Paulding, a son of John Paulding, in New York City.
John Paulding (1787-c.1862) was a nephew of John Paulding, one of the three men who captured British Major John André in 1780. He seconds the information given by Nathaniel Bayles in an interview on the same day, and describes the place in Tarrytown where the captors concealed themselves. He suggests that John Macdonald interview George W. Paulding, a son of John Paulding, in New York City.
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- Hufeland Index Page 832 -
Col. John Paulding of Mount Pleasant: “I agree with Mr. Baylies in the above account. The spot where Andre was taken and where the three were concealed, was about 130 feet south of Major André’s brook and west of the road. This is what I always heard from the Paulding family. John Paulding the Captor was my father’s brother. George W. Paulding (son of the captor and elder brother of Capt. Hiram Paulding of the navy) is a baus carpenter in New York.”
Transcription from Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews.
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