November 1st Joshua Carpenter, of Yorktown: "This house where I now lived belonged to my grand=father Richardson Davenport (not Danforth) and was the Head quarters of Colonel Greene and Major Flagg in the Spring of 1781. Colonel Greene was not here accidentally on the morning of his surprise, but his per=manent Head quarters and residence were at this house. The road which passes to the house leed…

On the hill north of the Croton and of the bridge and just over it are the remains of old works thrown up by Washington to command the bridge and which he mounted with several cannon. The following are the particulars of Greene's disaster, as I have heard them from my ancestors at various times, and particularly from my grandfather who lived here at the time. A party of DeLancey's Refugees (under…

The Refugees at the same time burst open the north door and fired in, thus making a cross fire, You see five or six bullet holes yet remaining in the doors and pannel work. Greene, a large powerful man, met the enemy at the north door and attempted to defend it sword in hand. He struck at Totten, who was foremost, with all his might and would have killed him on the spot had not the blow been par…

The Davenport House was built by my grandfather in 1773, and painted in 1776 -- on the last year it was by mistake dated. In some respects its interior has been altered. It is a double house standing upon a slight declivity, two stories high, a hall through the centre of the first story and the rear of the second storey opening upon the ground through a door which now remains. Greene and Flagg occ…

On the 14th of May last year, a Mr Ward (fifty or sixty years old) of Newyork, called upon me saying that he was a nephew or had married a niece of Colonel Greene -- that it was the anniversary of the Colonel's death -- that (as I understood him) he belonged to the Firm of Prime, Ward, King & Co. and wished to examine the house. I showed him through -- told him all I knew of the Colonel's fate, a…

I showed him through -- told him all I knew of the Colonel's fate, and pressed him to stay all night and sleep in the room where Greene and Flagg were surprised, but he declined, because he was expected back by company waiting his return at Pines Bridge, He had previously called upon Thomas Strang of Cram pond to ascertain where the remains of Greene and Flagg were deposited. [symbol] This proba…