Macdonald, John. Interview with Ryer, Christina Bowers; (1848). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1345. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).

- Hufeland Index Page 668 - Mrs. Ryer of Fort Washington east side of the road, near Laurel Hill: "My mother was a sister of Blaze's Moore. My brother Jacob Bowers sometime ago bought a farm of a Mr. Underhill, and lives in East or West Chester - I think in East Chester. The old stone house in the field west of the road at Fort Washington was the Blue Bell Tavern of the …