5 passages in 2 source items for “At Davenport House, Before Sunrise”
Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881.
…This disaster
happened a little before sunrise. I lived at my father's, half a mile ot!
northerly, on the Crompond road ; word came to us that they were all
cut off and killed at head -quarters, and we all…
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Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…to cross the ford after sunrise, and therefore had
taken no precautions to prevent it. By this means, Davenport's
house was surrounded by the enemy, and all possibility of
escape cut of!:' before the danger was discovered. De Lancey…
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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §794
— …to cross the ford after
sunrise, and therefore had
taken no precautions to prevent it. By this means,
Davenport's
house was surrounded by the enemy, and all possibility of
escape cut of!:'
before the danger was discovered. De Lancey…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §792
— …William Smith, on
the Pine's bridge road, a narrow lane diverges son ih- west to
Davenport's or Danforth's
house, the scene of Colonel Green's surprisal by the British Refugees, upon the 13th of May, 1781. The…