Macdonald, John. Interview with Tompkins, Charity Purdy, c.1777-1853; (1847). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 591. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
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- Hufeland Index Page 486 - Mrs. Charity Tompkins: "Betty Cropper lived all the war at her house where Isaac Hunt lived afterwards. The old house stood where the present one does, on the side of the hill. She told me that at the battle of White Plains there were a good many killed about their house. Old Mr. Romer and his wife (the parents of Captain John) were very …