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Macdonald, John. Interview with Davis, Abraham, c.1765-1854; (1845-11-06). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1610. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).

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- Hufeland Index Page 258 - November 6th. Abraham Davis: "When Kipp passed through White Plains and pushed for Purchase Street to attack Mosier, I was at Hatfield's Tavern. Totten accompanied Kipp to White Plains with an infantry force about equal in number to Kipp's horse, and proposed to him to mount a foot soldier behind each horseman so as to be supported by infantry, but …
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General Lincoln's Head Quarters were at my fathers - (Was this in 1778 or '82?) Tarleton with the Legion Cavalry were once taking their dinner at a house near my father's where now lives - their horses standing ready saddled and bridled, and the men taking their repast from their nice tin dishes, when it was announced that a party of Sheldon's was at hand. The troopers were in …
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old tea pot under a tree, and where another considerable sum in Spanish dollars, at a different place, was concealed under an oak tree, This money we found after the Revolutionary war and it assisted us very much, tho' from its being buried extremely deep, it was obtained with difficulty. Colonel Hatfield was related to the Hatfields of White Plains. From my recollection of …
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