The Refugees soon rallied and pursued the retreating party and Richard Mead who had stopped at one of the Halsteds in Rye to take tea (or breakfast?) was taken prisoner. He was intimate with the Halsted family and some tory informed where he was.

The refugees however were much disappointed in his Capture for they supposed him to be Andrew Mead of Horse neck, a man extremely obnoxious to them.

My father during the war moved by Salem, near Cross River to which place also the family of the father of David Williams, one of

[marg: 1845-] André's captors had also removed from Tarrytown. At Cross-River I became well acquainted with Williams.

-- Andrew Mead was a very brave man but selfish and avaricious, seldom engaging in enterprizes except such as promised plunder.

November 16th Elijah Guion of White Plains: " An idora Haines who lived at Rye Neck was a descendant of Godfrey Haines. She was a woman of strong prejudices, tall and masculine, was never married, was a bigoted Episcopalian, and was the original from which Cooper drew Caty Haines of the Spy. She lived here during the Revolutionary war, was very

-- Andrew Mead was a very brave man but selfish and avaricious, seldom engaging in enterprizes except such as promised plunder. November 16th Elijah Guion of White Plains: " An idora Haines who lived at Rye Neck was a descendant of Godfrey Haines. She was a woman of strong prejudices, tall and masculine, was never married, was a bigoted Episcopalian, and was the original from which Cooper drew Caty Haines of the Spy. She lived here during the Revolutionary war, was very