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with his master's baggage, told him all was over. When the burial at 

 the gibbet's foot was about to be made, the man had demanded Andre's 

 uniform, which was accordingly removed and given him. The corpse 

 was then laid in the earth, and no monument but the usual cairn such as 

 rose over the spot where Gustavus fell at Lutzen "for liberty of con- 

 science," marked the solitary grave. The surrounding field was cultiva- 

 ted, but the plough still shunned the place; for it was customary in this 

 region for the laborers in the tillage to spare the soil that covered a sol- 

 dier; and as early as 1778, the fields of Long Island were noticed to be 

 checkered over with patches of wild growth that showed where men lay 

 who were slain in the battle there. 



With generous sensibility, Colonel William S. Smith of our army, em- 

 braced the opportunity, of purchasing the watch that the captors had 

 taken. It was sold for their benefit, at thirty guineas. He bought it ; 

 and mindful of the tender affection with which Andre had been heard to 

 speak of his mother and sisters in England, sent it in to Robertson to 

 be transmitted to these ladies. The unfortunate man's will testifies with 

 what regard his whole domestic circle was held. It was sworn to before 

 Carey Ludlow, Surrogate of New York, and admitted to probate Octo- 

 ber 12th, 1780. 



MAJOR ANDRE'S WILL. 



"The following is my last will and testament, and I appoint as executors there- 

 to Mary Louisa Andre, my mother ; David Andre, my uncle ; Andrew Girardot, 

 my uncle ; John Lewis Andre, my uncle ; to each of the above executors I 

 give fifty pounds. I give to Mary Hannah Andre, my sister, seven hundred 

 pounds. I give to Louisa Catherine Andre, my sister, seven hundred pounds, 

 I give to William Lewis Andre, my brother, seven hundred pounds. But the 

 condition on which I give the above mentioned sums, to my afore said brother 

 and sisters, are that each of them shall pay to Mary Louisa Andre, my mother, 

 the sum of ten pounds yearly, during her life. I give to Walter Ewer, Jr., of 

 Dyer's Court, Aldermanbury, one hundred pounds. I give to John Ewer, Jr., of 

 Lincoln's Inn, one hundred pounds. I desire a ring, value fifty pounds, to be 

 given to my friend, Peter Boissier, of the 11th Dragoons. I desire that Walter 

 Ewer, Jr., of Dyers Court, Aldermanbury, have the inspection of my papers, let- 

 ters and manuscripts ; I mean that he have the first inspection of them, with liberty 

 to destroy or detain whatever he thinks proper, and I desire my watch to be giv- 

 en him. And I lastly give and bequeath to my brother John Lewis Andre, the 

 residue of all my effects whatsoever. Witness my hand and seal, Staten Island,, 

 in the Province of New York, North America, 7th June, 1777. 



JOHN ANDRE, 

 Captain in TnE 26tii Regiment of Foot. 



N. B. — The currency alluded to in my will is sterling money of Great Britairu 

 I desire nothing more than my wearing apparel to be sold at auction." 



