Some of the dragoons were looking on above in amaze-ment. Putnam turned around, took off his hat and huzzaed. Most of the dragoons did not see him when he turned to descend the hill, but pursued on the road leading north to Stanwich where I came near being taken by them. Putnam then went to Stamford, and the British to the landings where they destroyed some sloops and the salt works, &c. They destroyed the gun carriages,

Zac. Mead cont'd.

spiked them and broke off the trunnions, took cattle, &c. A Canadian Frenchman belonging to Holdridge's was pursued in the fields, south of the village, towards the Sound by a British dragoon from their right flank. The Frenchman tried to escape by running, but finding his retreat cut off turned round as the dragoon had his sword raised to cut him down, and shot him, through the mouth and chin, dead.

[marg: x From Barrett?] Brown Ballott lived in Greenwich before the war, and was an Irishman. Captain Lockwood was concerned with [Fade Donaldson] in taking and hanging him without trial which was much dis-approved of by the inhabitants at the time. The Refugees would have hanged Lockwood as well as Donaldson, if they could have taken him!

Samuel Reynolds from Coscob with a party in whaleboats took Shube Merritt. Shube had fired at Reynolds

(Zaccheus Mead -- continued.)

when a prisoner, and Reynolds vowed revenge. With a party who were, personally, enemies of Shube, they went several times, just at the close of the war, in search of him, and discovered him at last at Maroneck from their boats by their glasses. They tracked him to New Rochelle &c &c. He was shot several times by the party after Reynolds had killed him.