History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 174 (part 4)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] But while waiting there the great achievement of Anthony Wayne at Stony Point compelled him once more to change his arrangements.1 The storming of Stony Point on the night of the 15th of July was wholly planned by Washington. He intrusted the execution of it to Wayne, who accepted the commission with the greatest alacrity, signifying his willingness to storm hell itself for General Washing-1 The following (furnished to the editor by liest intelligence of any collection of vessels the late Dr. Plagg, of Yonkers, who possessed or boats or embarkation of troops on the oppo-the original) is a copy of an interesting letter site shore. The enemy are now manoeuvering to written bv Washington in this interval: the Eastward-it may be to divert a part of our