A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I — Passage 65 (part 6)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Many of theni now hastened to the scene of action with a field piece, which they had obtained of Col. Livingston, who was in command at Verplanck's Point; and after erecting their little battery on the Point, ihey opened a well-directed fire against the Vulture. They soon compelled her to slip her cable and hoist sail. This circumstance prevented An-dre from returning to New York by water. " No sooner (says Sparks) had Andre and Arnold arrived at Smith's house, than a cannonade was heard down the river. It was discovered to be against the Vulture, which, although dis-tant several miles, was in full view, and for a time seemed to be on fire. It had been reported to Colonel Livingston by messen-gers from Teller's Point, that the vessel was so near the shore as to be within reach of cannon-shot, and that the inhabitants were