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Macdonald, John. Interview with McLean, Donald; (1847-08-24). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 1537. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.

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483 49 4. taken to New York and died in Roosevelt St. I believe, but am not sure that he was Delancy major. His sister kept house for me a short time after my wife's death. I do not know whether she's alive. DeLancy's Head Quarters. were about a mile below West Farms. Captn. Corse was under DeLancy. I had two uncles named Williams on different sides - viz: one Frederick Williams, a Captain in DeL…
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John Kane went off from Fredericksburg with a band of men, one of whom, a son of Squire Haviland of Dover (or 9 Partners ?) was killed. A black servant who accompanied the young man Haviland afterwards returned. Kane himself never returned to Fredericksburg. (Tories were very numerous in). Tories were very numerous in Dutchess County and also in New Fairfield. Hoag and his followers robbed a store…
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