Macdonald, John. Interview with Horton, John, 1780-1854; (1848-12-14). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 848. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
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238.. December 14th John Horton of
White Plains: "The commanding
ground described by General Heath as
being on his left and east of the hollow,
must have been Caleb Merritt's hill, the
top of which was then covered with wood. My father owned the farm on the summit
of Merritt's hill; and at the close of the
Revolutionary war lived there in a log house
near where Shelly afterwards built and
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