Macdonald, John. Interview with Hawley, Elisha, c.1759-1850; (1846-09-03). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 566. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
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Sept. 4. Joshua S. King, of Ridgefield, Conn. The morning the British left they fired a house on the top of a high hill to give their friends notice of who they were. Their encampment was by the road side on the east, with guards on the hill west of the village of Ridgefield, and on a hill to the east near where Colonel Gould fell. They retreated in haste, without plund…
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a good deal.) Arnold began skirmishing with the British when they left Ridgefield about 10 or 11 o'clock.
Sept. 4. Mr. Davis and others, and our observations: "Old Mill seems to be about one mile and a half from the old bridge at [Saugatuck]. The cross or by-road which the British took in fording the river is about one mile from the bridge, or less than a…