Macdonald, John. Interview with Merritt, Robert, b.1771; (1848-12-06). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 818. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).

- Hufeland Index Page 887 - <left margin> (Augustus Mead near the Turnpike gate.) <left margin> Decr. 6th Robert Merritt, of Rye. "I am in my 78th year. In the latter part of the Revolutionary war, there was a skirmish in the village of Sawpitt between a party of Refugees who had been into Connecticut, and were taking a drove of cattle below, and a party of Continentals and …