Macdonald, John. Interview with Odell, Jackson, 1792-1849; (1847-09-07). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 1448. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
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house to the road they built a round house
of stone which has recently been removed
by me. I don't know for what purpose
they used it. There was once an alarm
which proved false that the French
artillery was fired at the aforesaid place
where it lay, and the army all turned
out. These facts I heard mostly from
my mother. Her first child was born
at the French camp, on (I believe) the 9t…