dovegat

Updated: June 24, 2025

There's no denying Lovelace was a bold, wary, and cunning fellow, and he made the worst use of his qualities. He fixed his quarters in a large swamp, about five miles from the residence of Colonel Van Vechten, at Dovegat, and very cunningly concealed them. "Soon after, the robberies and captures around that neighborhood became frequent.

Henry C. (Henry Clay) Watson - The Old Bell of Independence; Or, Philadelphia in 1776