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Valentine, Elijah, c.1779-1848
Valentine, Elijah, c.1779-1848
John M. McDonald interview — 1847-08-24
From the Westchester County Historical Society catalog:
Elijah Valentine (c.1779-1848) was residing at 26 Stanton Street in Manhattan when he was interviewed by John Macdonald. He recalls seeing wounded soldiers being brought to his father’s house after a skirmish in Eastchester. (This skirmish may be the engagement that took place on March 4, 1782, in present-day Mount Vernon that resulted in the mortal wounding of Westchester Guide Brom Dyckman.) He suggests that Macdonald visit Austin Stinnard in the Town of Westchester (now a part of Bronx County).
Elijah Valentine (c.1779-1848) was residing at 26 Stanton Street in Manhattan when he was interviewed by John Macdonald. He recalls seeing wounded soldiers being brought to his father’s house after a skirmish in Eastchester. (This skirmish may be the engagement that took place on March 4, 1782, in present-day Mount Vernon that resulted in the mortal wounding of Westchester Guide Brom Dyckman.) He suggests that Macdonald visit Austin Stinnard in the Town of Westchester (now a part of Bronx County).
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Transcription
- Hufeland Index Page 481 -
1847. Augt. 24th. Elijah Valentine, of 26 Stanton Street: “I believe Bearmore was DeLancey’s Major. Almost the only circumstance of the Revolutionary war which I recollect is that
- Hufeland Index Page 482 -
of seeing the wounded brought from a skirmish in East Chester past and some to my father’s house. My father was a Royalist, but went below without taking up arms, and remained neutral. Austin Stinnard lives between Ed. Ferris’s old place and Pelham. He is the oldest man about West Chester town and recollects most of the revolution.”
Transcription from Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews.
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