Macdonald, John. Interview with Merritt, Robert, b.1771; (1848-12-06). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 818. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
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[margin: PARRS]
[margin: (Augustus Mead near the Turnpike gate.)]
[margin: Sawpits. ?]
Dec. 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 Sawpit
between a party of Refugees who had been
into Connecticut, and were taking a drove
of cattle below, and a party of Continentals
and militia who pursued. The R…