Macdonald, John. Interview with Orser, Talman, 1766-1862; (1850-10-17). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1020. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).

- Hufeland Index Page 1020 - Oct. 17th Talman Orser, of Ossining, aged 82: "There were four corners at Twitchings's during the Revolutionary war formed by the White Plains and Pines Bridge road and the Bedford ^North Castle and Tarrytown road near the Poor House was a road used before the Revolutionary war. I was born in the house where I now live. The Refugees under the …

There was a party of women about here who in the beginning of the war attacked a Tea pedlar and an Irishman named James Dunlap, and compelled him to sell tea to them for continental money. Their number was fifteen or twenty. The lay in wait for him about three miles above the old church on the N. R. [X] Turnpike on the road. They got as much as they wanted for the present …