Five Refugees ('tis true) were found
Stiff on the block-house floor,
But then 'tis thought the shot went round,
And in at the back door.
Frost-bit Alexander: Earl of Stirling.
The frantic priest: Caldwell, a minister at Elizabethtown.
One pretty marquis: Lafayette, a French coxcomb in the rebel service.
Page 237. John Paulding. Paulding was born in New York city in 1758 and died in 1818. His capture of André was his one famous exploit. With him at the time were two comrades, named Isaac Van Wart and David Williams. They were given medals by Congress and an annuity of two hundred dollars.
Page 239. And then, at last, a transatlantic grave. In 1821 André's remains were removed to England and placed in Westminster Abbey.
Page 240. Sir Hal. Sir Henry Clinton.
Page 241. Congo. The American Congress.
Page 242. The reverend Mather. Moses Mather, D.D.
Page 245. Hymn of the Moravian Nuns of Bethlehem. The banner of Pulaski's legion was embroidered by the Moravian sisters of Bethlehem, who helped to support their house by needlework. It is preserved in the cabinet of the Maryland Historical Society at Baltimore.