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Macdonald, John. Interview with Miller, David; (1845-10-23). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 397. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.

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[margin: 1845] 87. October 23d. David Miller of White Plains, undertaker: "Dutch Henry who lived with Capt. Bostwick many years used to say that he was a soldier in one of the Hessian regiments which fought on Chatterton Hill, October 28th. 1776, and that the detachment he belonged to crossed the Bronx somewhere near the widow Fishers -- Daniel Horton's old place. The river was high and much obstr…
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The soldiers were unwilling to ford it and the artificers and men immediately commenced cutting down of the adjacent trees for the purpose of constructing a bridge which being observed by the Americans they brought some pieces of cannon to an advantageous spot, a [page break] [margin: 1845] 88. large rock, directly in front and close to them. The American field pieces were pointed with such prec…
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