[margin: Van Wart used to come to my mill where he told me all.] November 29th David Hammond aged 80. "Major Andre called at my father's house on the 23d of September 1780, asked for a drink of water. My sister brought water from the spring, and he asked me to hold his horse, whilst he drank, which I did. He then asked how far it was to White Plains. My mother told him eight miles. "My God!" said …

Here he took a path which led through the fields about three quarters of a mile and which came out into the White Plains and Tarrytown road at Isaac Reads Tavern which was about one mile and a half from where Andre was taken, and about two miles to Garytown*. I cannot be mistaken in this. Van Wart said Andre gave this account to satisfy their enquiries which were numerous before and after they arr…