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Macdonald, John. Interview with Corsa, Andrew, 1762-1852; Valentine, Dennis; (1844). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 1930. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.

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244 120 Andrew Corsa cont. 119. of the Americans under Hull and Parsons near No 8. This brook runs through Andrew Corsa's farm. It passes through the middle of the Refugee's settlement. It is apt to be swelled in the winter. It commences about a mile above Mr Andrew Corsa's. Robert Hunt's about three quarters of a mile below West Farms. Mr Leggett's nearly two miles below. Andrew Corsa & Dennis V…
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The battle between Lincoln and Trueschenck (?) began near Phillips's. The Hessians retreated gradually to Tatard's Hill. The Refugees then drove Washington's troops and took Courtland's Mill, and then the Yagers retreated across the Creek, by way of the Lower shore. Colonel Simcoe was a little (slightly) round shouldered, and was a very strong man and good horseman. John Pine and Peter Pine, guide…
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