History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 176 (part 3)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] It was estimated that a garrison of 1,500 would be required for it, which could not be spared from the army. So after trans-porting the cannon and stores to West Point, the works were de-molished.1 The loss of Stony Point caused Sir Henry Clinton to give up his design against New London, and that place was spared until Sep-tember of 1781, when the traitor Arnold was sent against it and the Fort Griswold garrison was massacred. Returning from Throgg's Neck to the Hudson shore of Westchester County, Clinton hastily 1 Bolton (rev. ed., i., 1G1) quotes from an en-which, it was declared, had been brought up tertaining writer, whose historical accuracy, from the vessel. The story was believed, a however, does not very distinctly appear, an stock company was formed to procure the