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Interview with Holly, Isaac

Macdonald, John. Interview with Holly, Isaac, 1764-1851; (1847-11-01). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 1550. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026. 234 words

When he heard the whale boat he snapped a gun at them which missed fire and they then fired a volley from the whale boat which killed him. The whale boat then boarded and wanted to cut the cable, but the hand would not tell where the axe was. They then all took hold of the Cable and pulling with all their might

Col. White of the Dragons rode a very fine horse.

Capt. Frink had been an officer in the American militia -- Colonel or major, I believe. He was a very gentlemanly man.

Colonel Holmes, of Bedford, who went off to the enemy, was a brave man, but a gambler after the war, and his example was said to have had a very bad effect upon the young.

Tim Knapp was cousin to the Knapp's of Greenwich, from which place he himself came. -- A handsome man of a very handsome family.

Frink had been an officer in the American militia -- Colonel or major, I believe. He was a very gentlemanly man. Colonel Holmes, of Bedford, who went off to the enemy, was a brave man, but a gambler after the war, and his example was said to have had a very bad effect upon the young. Tim Knapp was cousin to the Knapp's of Greenwich, from which place he himself came. -- A handsome man of a very handsome family.