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Macdonald, John. Interview with Clinton, Alexander, 1793-1878; (1850-10-10). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 1024. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.

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[margin: 138 1010] [margin: 101] [margin: PARIS] his seat exclaimed aloud aloud to Mr. Intosh in Gaelic: "The Devil take the fellow! -- Do you hear what he says?" When the Squatters rose against Robinson in Fredericksburgh, a few years before the Revolutionary war, they were [margin: Prendergast?] led by an Irishman named Prengrast. British troops were sent from New York who put Robinson in posses…
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I'll do anything for you," &c.-- (See Sylvanus Miller's narrative pp. 62-63 of original and pp. 95-97 of copy.) I have always heard that the two brothers were together at the time of the surrender, and that one determined to escape over the mountains and the others by crossing the Hudson. [margin: 102] [page break] [margin: 142 1012] [margin: 103] [margin: PARIS] I can't tell where the Schoolmaste…
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