The History of Putnam County, N.Y.: With an Enumeration of Its Towns, Villages, Rivers, Creeks, Lakes, Ponds, Mountains, Hills, and Geological Features : Local Traditions, and Short Biographical Sketches of Early Settlers, EtcBaker & Scribner, 1849 - 368 páginas |
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Página 200 - The two latter gentlemen, not being military officers, were not permitted to land, but General Greene was appointed by his Excellency to meet General Robertson at Dobb's ferry and to receive his communications. He had nothing material to urge but that Andre had come on shore under the sanction of a flag, and therefore could not be considered as a spy. But this is not true ; he came on shore in the night and had no flag, on business totally incompatible with the nature of a flag. Besides, Andre himself,...
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