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History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 183 (part 2)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] When about three miles east of Peekskill on the Crompond Road they were stopped by a military patrol under command of Captain Ebenezer Boyd. This event is best told by Captain Boyd in his testimony on the subsequent trial of Joshua Hett Smith for treason: V/f/ry -'/"/? r/y / THE CAPTURE OF ANDRE 469 Last Friday, the 22d of September, between eight and nine o'clock at night, the sentry