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to be ascribed the capture of Maj. Andre. I 

 was the first and only officer who had charge 

 of him while at the headquarters of the Sec- 

 ond Regiment of Light Dragoons, which was 

 then at Esq. Gilbert's in South Salem. He 

 was brought up by an adjutant and four 

 men belonging to the Connecticut militia, 

 under the command of Lieut.-Col. Jamison, 

 from the lines near Tarrytown, a character 

 under the disguised name of John Anderson. 

 He looked somewhat like a reduced gentle- 

 man. His small clothes were nankin, with 

 long white top boots, in part, his undress mili- 

 tary suit. His coat purple, with gold lace, 

 v/orn somewhat threadbare, with a small- 

 brimmed, tarnished beaver on his head. He 

 wore his hair in a queue, with long, black 

 band, and his clothes somewhat dirty. In this 

 garb I took charge of him. After breakfast 

 my barber came in to dress me — after which I 

 requested Jiini to undergo the same operation, 

 which he did. 



When the ribbon was taken from his hair, 

 I observed it full of powder. This circum- 

 stance, with others that occurred, induced me 

 to believe I had no ordinary person in charge. 



He requested permission to take the bed 

 while his shirt and small clothes could be 

 washed. I told him that was needless, for a 

 change was at his service, which he accepted. 



We were close pent-up in a bed-room, with a 

 guard at the door and the window. There 



