Macdonald, John. Interview with Van Wart, Alexander, 1799-1890; (1848). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 145. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
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160. Now! 16th Mrs. Hannah
Miller: "I am now in my 90th
year. There was, I think, in the
Revolutionary war a blacksmith's
shop on the hill above Moses
Fowler's, kept by one Gabriel &c -
H. Fadron, brother of John. Moses Miller says André was
captured by the three who at the time
were concealed in the bushes on the
east side of the road."
Rev: Alexander Van Wart:
"My strong impression and …
Mess: Nathaniel
Baylies, Pierre Wildey (Supr.) and
Martin Smith, all of Tarrytown,
well know. &c
When the American army lay
at White Plains, General Schuyler's
Headquarters were at my grandfather's
(Nicholas Storms) now owned by Jonathan
Baylies, and situated in the
fields about one mile from my house. A lane running in a westerly direction
leads to it from the Saw Mill river
road. An old black wo…