History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . entitled, TheSpy Unmasked; or Memoirs of Enoch Crosby, aliasHarvey Birch, the Hero of Mr. Coopers Tale of theNeutral Ground ; being an Authentic Account of theSecret Service which lie rendered his Country duringthe Revolutionary War. (Taken from his own lipsin short-hand.) Comprising many interesting Factsand Anecdotes never before published. • New York:J. it J. Harper, 8:2 Cliff Street, 1828. In the Appen-dix, pages 20,3-205, the author says: * Andrahas al
History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . entitled, TheSpy Unmasked; or Memoirs of Enoch Crosby, aliasHarvey Birch, the Hero of Mr. Coopers Tale of theNeutral Ground ; being an Authentic Account of theSecret Service which lie rendered his Country duringthe Revolutionary War. (Taken from his own lipsin short-hand.) Comprising many interesting Factsand Anecdotes never before published. • New York:J. it J. Harper, 8:2 Cliff Street, 1828. In the Appen-dix, pages 20,3-205, the author says: * Andrahas also been greatly extolled for his magnanimity in com-municating to (Jeiieral Washington liis real name and character, by the express which conveyed to the commander-in-chief the papers found upon him. Hut what else remained for him to do? His life was clearlyforfeited, and in the character of John Anderson he must have suffered, unpitied and unwept, the summary and ignominious death uf a spy, orheen detected «» Majoi Andre, with a falsehood on his lips. Mi- onlychance of escape was to declare his leal character and place himself. MRS. KKNKDHT ARNOLD. under the protection of the circumstances under w hich he alleges that hecame within the American posts ; or, perhaps, to interest the feelings orthe fears of the American commander-in-chief in his liehalf. His lettercontains one passage which serves as a plain development of his motivesin writing it. It wu to Idee hi* own /i/e 6|f esriting frtir for tlittt of passage alluded to is the following : I take the liberty ° mentionthe condition of some gentlemen at Charleston, who, being either onparole or under protection, wem engaged in a conspiracy ayaamt at: thoughtheir situation is not similar, they are objects who may be sent in ex-change for me, or persons whom the treatment 1 receive might is truly astonishing that the ungenerous character of this |«ra graph has ne\ er 1 n properly animadverted upon. Who
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