Macdonald, John. Interview with Belcher, Lydia Reynolds; (1846-10-17). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 514. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
October 17. Mrs. Elisha Belcher, widow of Dr. Belcher: "Colonel Wells had his headquarters at the house of my father, Horton Reynolds, of North Street, in Connecticut, about two and a half miles from Horseneck Meeting house when he was captured by Major Huggeford. Huggeford ordered the house (our house) to be set on fire, but it was extinguished by me and others. Huggeford asked, when he decamped:…