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1 Served in the old French war, (see 190.) Distinguished for his heroic defence of Setauket, Died in New Brunswick, July, 1789.
t Died, February, '81. at Hempstead.
§ Owned a farm at Foster's Meadow.
|| One S. tried to raise a company of recruits, and so get a captain's commission ; but not succeeding, he transferred his eighteen recruits to Capt. Miles for ten guineas a head.
T Chosen minister of the Church of England at Shelburn, Nova Scotia, in 1785.
487. Queen's Rangers .*- Cavalry and Infantry-uniform, green, with white facings.t Lieut. Col., J. Graves Symcoe ;} Major, R. Armstrong.
* Capt. Diemar's Independent Company of Hussars, and Capt. San- ford's Bucks County Volunteers, (dressed in red,) were joined to the Rangers. Capt. D., with his wife, was quartered at Rem (since Jos.) Hegeman's. His Hussars lay in tents under the hill in front of the house.
t They wore green coatees and leather breeches. This regiment, 320 in number, was taken at Yorktown, and settled in Nova Scotia at the peace.
# Afterwards Governor of Canada, and printed a journal of his mili- tary services. (See 186, 205, 258.)
488. l'olunteers of Ireland .* Col., Lord Rawdon; Lieut. Col., Doyle ; Majors, Despard, and Joseph Campbell.
* Southern recruits-' 400 strapping fellows, neither influenced by Yankees or agues"-settled at Rawdon, Nova Scotia, in 1784, (see 249.)
489. New- York Volunteers .* Lieut. Col. Com't, George Turnbull ; Majors, Coffint and Sheridan ; Captains, John Alt- house, Fred. Depeyster, Tho's Hewlett.§ Kane, Coffin, Gray, Johnstone, MeLean.
* Lay at Foster's Meadow after the evacuation of Charleston, Dec. 14, '82, till the peace. Lay at Jerusalem also. First to enter Fort > Montgomery, Oct. 6, '77.
t Coffin having repeatedly been publicly thanked by the officers under
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him, and having distinguished himself, Sept. 8, '81, was appointed Major of the King's American Regiment, vacant by the death of Major Grant.
# Married Miss Jackson, of Jerusalem. His son John, an ensign, is now living.
§ Killed at Hanging Rock, Sept. 20, '80.
490. British Legion .- Cavalry .* Col., Lord Cathcart ; Lieut. Col., Banastre Tarlton; Majors, Geo. Hanger and Cochran.
* Mostly clad in white at Yorktown. At Jericho, Nov. '78; at Sag Harbor, Feb., '79 ; at Springfield, April, '82. (See 267.)
491. King's American Regiment .* Col., Edmund Fanning,t Lieut. Col's., Ed. Winslow and Geo. Campbell ; Majors, Ja's Grant and Coffin; Captains, Abm. Depeyster, T. Cornwall, J. Atwood, J. W. Livingston, T. Chapman, R. Gray, P. Clements ; Chaplain, Sam'l Seabury.#
* " June 8, '77. Fanning's Corps is nearly complete." For raising this corps of 460 men, £500 was subscribed by Staten Island, £310 8s. by Kings county, £219 by Jamaica, and £2000 by New-York city.
t Son-in-law and secretary of Gov. Tryon. Lieut. Gov. of Nova Scotia, May, '83.
+ St. Peter's exhortation to fear God and honor the King : a ser- mon preached before his Majesty's Provincial Troops by Sam'l Seabury, Sept. 23, '77, published by order of Gov. Tryon.
492. Prince of Wales's American Volunteers .* Col., Mont- fort Brown; Lieut. Col's., Tho's Pattinsont and De Veber ; Major, Carden.#
* (See 170.) Reduced from 278 to 9, at Hanging Rock, S.C., July,'80.
+ At Lloyd's Neck. (See 383.)
# Died at Charleston before Dec., '82.
493. Loyal American Regiment. Col., Beverly Robinson ;* Lieut. Col., Beverly Robinson, Jr .; Major, Tho's Barclay.t
* (See 173.)
# Son of Rev. H. Barclay, quartered at Wm. Leverich's and Richard Berrian's, Newtown. Had an estate at Hell-Gate.
494. King's American Dragoons .- ( See 203.) Lieut. Col., Benj. Thompson ; Majors, D. Murray and Upham.
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495. Loyal Forresters. Lieut. Col .. Conolly, (see 152.)
496. Royal Garrison Battalion. Lieut. Col., Doukin, (see 149;) Major, Anstruther.
497. Maryland Loyalists .* Lieut. Col., Chalmers; Major, Dulaney.
* Lieut. Townsend and Ad ;. Henley were quartered at Wm. Leve- rich's, (now Sackett's,) Train's Meadow. (Sec 178 )
498. Beside the preceding, there were the Florida Rangers, North Carolina Volunteers, (see 366, ) Wentworth's Volunteers, or New Hampshire Regiment. (see 341, 353,) Volunteers of New England,* Associated Refugees, t and Loyal Refugees.# In fine, refugees from all the colonies poured into Long Island, and were located on the farms of those Whigs who had fled the county, or sought a livelihood as laborers, woodcutters, me- chanics, traders, and boatmen, or as recruits in the new raised corps.
* At Lloyd's Neck .- Carried off the congregation at Middlesex. (See 412.)
+ Lieut. Col. Winslow, at Lloyd's Neck, March, '79. (See 180.) # Col Abm. C. Cuyler. (See 248.)
499. HESSIAN REGIMENTS-Jager Corps, mounted and dis- mounted ; uniform green, faced with crimson .* Lt. Col. Com't, Lewis de Wurmb ;t Lieut. Col., Preuschenck ;} Major, Philip de Wurmb; Captains, Baron Ewald, § Donop, || Wangenheim, Hanger, Romrod, Heinricks ; ][ 1st Lieuts., Hagen, Kellerhaus, Wolf, ** Winzingeroda, tt Schoffer ; 2d Lieuts., Bickell,## Cor- nelius, Flies, Boheln, Besger, Gerresheim, Ocksie ; Judge Ad- rocate, Wiscker.§§
* ( T. says, " The Jagers, a higher order of Hessians, lay at North Side in the cold winter-drawn close together for fear of being cut off by the Americans, and suffered much from the cold. The officers often met together, had dinners, suppers, cards, &c., which often ended in a quarrel That was settled by the sword next day in the back fields.
¡ Quartered at Judge Valentine's, at W. Titus's, Wheatly, and at other places, (see 317, 319.) After the war, Wm. Savery, a travelling minister, met Col. W. in Germany, who expressed himself pleased with the treatment he received while among Friends in Queens county.
t Quartered at Jackson's, Jericho, and at D. Laton's, Wheatly.
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§ Quartered at Hend'k O.'s. Published a military work on his re- turn to Germany.
|| Quartered at John Simonson's.
T Quartered at Dr. Tredwell's.
** Quartered at T. Townsend's.
tt Quartered at Timothy Smith's.
## Quartered at D. Mudge's.
§§ Quartered at Ryerson's Inn, Black Stump.
500. Free Battalion of Hesse Hanau-raised Jan. '81. Lieut. Col., N. Von Janecke ;* Major, Scheele ;t Captains, Franck,# Spangenbergh, Leiningen, Schelm, Westerhagen ;§ 1st Lieuts .. Kaerner, Koch, Eitelwein, Zipf; 2d Lieuts., Haelcken, Schaeffer, Goerduck, Condrade, Stockel, Goener.
* Quartered at Judge Mitchell's, (see 336, 431, 433 )
t Died at Oyster Bay, March, '83.
# Quartered at D. Kissam's, Cow Neck.
§ Quartered at Peter Onderdonk's.
501. Regiment de Knoblauch-uniform blue, white facings. Col., De Porbeck ;* Majors, D'Ende and Goeble ; Captains, Boedicker.t Hegeman.# Hoenstein, Huepeden, Dalwigk; 1st Lieuts., Waldeck,§ Knoblauch. Goebell, Schenck, Koeber; 2d Lieuts., Apell, Gessner, Justi, Dick, Peternell, Stuckradt, Cor- deman.
Their dress varied, but is thus described by Dunlap: " The Hessian had a towering brass-fronted cap, [some had three-cornered hats,] mus- tachios colored with the same material that colored his shoes, [which were square-toed, turned up, and had large buckles,] his hair plastered with tallow and flour, and tightly drawn into a long queue, reaching to his waist ; a blue uniform, almost covered by the broad belts that sus- tained his cartouch box, his brass-hilted sword, and his bayonet ; a yellow waistcoat with flaps, and yellow breeches met at the knee by black gaiters. Thus heavily equipped, he stood an automaton to receive the command or cane of the officer who inspected him."
* Quartered at Judge Valentine's, (see 161, 328.)
t Quartered at Martin Schenck's.
+ Quartered at Judge Schenck's.
§ Quartered at Timothy Smith's. "T'is said the Hessians lay three winters at North Side.
502. 3d Battalion of Hessian Grenadiers. (See 195.) Col.,
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De Schreiber ; Lieut. Cols., De Lengerke and Loewenstein ; Majors, Kutzleben and Wilmousky.
503. Benning's Corps. Cols., Benning* and Kurtz; Lieut. Cols., Hildebrand and Martini.
* Quartered at Wmn. Lines's, (now John Hicks's ;) came to North Side after the evacuation of Charleston, Dec. 14, '82; when the Jagers gave place to them, and went to Huntington.
504. Regiment du Corps .* Lieut. Col., Linsing ; Majors, Stamford and Dincklage.
" Grenadiers. Uniform, blue faced with yellow. (See 149, 254.)
505. BRITISH REGULARS .- 17th Regiment Light Dragoons. Col., Geo. Preston ;* Lieut. Col., Sam'l Birch ;} Major, Oliver Delancy, Jr .; Captains, R. Archdale, S. Baggot, J. S. Brad- shaw, J. Stapleton ; Capt. Lieut., H. Nettles; Cornet, Searl ; Chaplain, J. Beever. (See 286.)
* Uniform red, white facings. (See 133.) Remount horses arrived from England, May, '77-made up of the 16th and 17th. The former had 312 men and 265 horses ; the latter had 398 men and 337 horses -- engaged at White Plains and Monmouth. When in New-York, they used the Middle Dutch church as a riding-school, to train their horses.
t Commanding officer at Hempstead, May, '80.
506. 17th Regiment of Foot. Col., Moncton ; Lieut. Col., Johnson ; Major, Armstrong, (see 176.)
507. 23d Regiment, or Royal Welsh Fusileers .* Col., Sir William Howe, K.B .; Lieut. Col., Balfour ; Major, Mackensie. * See 325.
508. 33d Regiment. (See 139, note.) Col., Earl Corn- wallis ; Lieut. Col., Yorke; Major, Dansey.
509. 37th Regiment,* Grenadiers. Col., Coote, K.B .; Lieut. Col., Abercrombie ; Major, Graham.
* See 144.
510. 38th Regiment *- uniform, red faced with yellow. Col., Sir Robert Pigot ;t Lieut. Col., Henry Edward Fox ;} Major, French.
* Lay at Duryea's, Fresh Meadows, six weeks in the summer of '83. (See 183, 201, 207.)
t See 292. # See 203.
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511. 42d, or Royal Highland Regiment .* Col., Lord John Murray ; Lieut. Col., Tho's Sterling ; Major, Cha's Graham.
* Uniform, red faced with blue ; also belted plaid and hose. The Highlanders changed their national dress for one better adapted to our cold climate. (See 135, 136, 139, 150.)
512. 54th Regiment of Foot .* Col., M. Frederick ; Lieut. Col., A. Bruce ;t Majors, A. Foster and John Breese.#
* Uniform, red faced with popinjay green. Lay at Sprong's, Fresh Meadow.
i See 200, 201.
# See 354, note.
513. 60th, or Royal American Regiment *- uniform red, blue facing. Col. Com't, John Dalling ; Lieut. Col., Archibald MacArthur ; Major, Geo. Thompson.
* Lay about Hempstead just before the peace, and marched out to the tune of Roslyn Castle.
514. 64th Regiment,* Grenadiers-uniform, red faced with black. Col., Pomeroy ; Lieut. Col., Ed. Eyre; Major, Bre- reton.
* See 177, 210, 266.
515. 71st Regiment, or Highland Foot .* Col., Simon Fra- zer ; Lieut. Col., Archibald Campbell.
* Clothed in red, white facings, in winter ; in kilts and bonnets in summer. "Tis said a Major Baird, of 71st, cruelly wounded Gen. Wood- hull-doubtful -- Ed.
516. 74th Regiment Highland Foot,* Grenadiers. Lieut. Col, Com't, J. Campbell; Majors, Alex. Campbellt and Rob't Montresor.
* Uniform, red faced with yellow. Child baptized at Jamaica, April, '82. (See 269.) t See 220.
517. 80th Regiment,* or Royal Edinboro' Volunteers. Col., Sir William Erskine ; Lieut. Col., Tho's Dundas ; Majors, Ja's Gordon and Wm. Maxwell; Captain, David Kinlock.t
* Baptism at Jamaica, Nov., '80. (See 183.)
t See 231.
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518. 82d Regiment. Cols., Gunning and F. McLean ;* Lieut. Col., Craig ; Major, Robertson.
* See 181.
519. 84th Regiment, or Royal Highland Emigrants. Col., Sir H. Clinton, K. B. ; Lieut. Col., John Small ; * Majors, Alex. Macdonald and Tho's Murray.
See 203.
The preceding list includes only such Regiments as have been noticed in the course of this work.
The British officers expected the utmost condescension. If a farmer, in passing, should neglect to take off his hat, he might depend on a caning ; though the Briton would scarcely deign to notice him, much less return the civility. In addressing an officer, your hat should be under your arm.
The quartering of officers and billeting of soldiers in private houses, was a great annoyance. An officer was entitled to one or more of the best rooms, and had a guard constantly parading to and fro before the door. The soldiers generally took the kitchen. The first notice you had that your house would be wanted, was, " Well, madam, I've come to take a billet on your house." Insubordination arose among the slaves, who either ran away, or became less respectful to their owners, when they saw them lorded over by British officers.
Between the oppressions of British soldiers, and the depredations of American whale boats,* the inhabitants suffered sadly, and all hailed the period of their deliverance from both.
* The whale boatmen were Americans (many of them refugees from Long Island) living on the Connecticut shore, who had commissions from the Governors of New- York and Connecticut to cruise in the Sound against British vessels ; and it required no great stretch of conscience to go on land and plunder indiscriminately, Whig and Loyalist, (see 388,) under pretence of carrying off British goods. The whale boat warfare at length degenerated into downright robbery. The whale boats were sharp at each end, the sheathing often not over half an inch thick, and so light as to be easily carried on men's shoulders, either to be hid in the bushes.or re-launched in the South Bay. Some were thirty-two feet long, and impelled by from eight to twenty oars, and would shoot ahead of an ordinary boat with great velocity, and leave their puisuers far be- hind. They were always on the look-out, and in a calin would row out of their lurking places, and board market boats, or even cut off the de- tached vessels of a convoy.
Another more honorable employment of whale boats was to carry off distinguished Loyalists, so as to exchange them for Whig prisoners. (See 304, 305, 314, 336, 374, 395, 337, 398, 402.)
PART V.
CONCLUSION .
EVACUATION OF QUEENS COUNTY.
520. Sir Guy Carlton, Governor of New-York, says : " I pro- pose to resign the possession of Herricks and Hempstead, and all to the eastward, on Long Island, Nov. 21."-Sparks, VIII. 547. After evacuating New-York (Nov. 25), he yet retained posses- sion of Staten Island, Dennis's, New Utrecht, and the circumja- cent district on Long Island, for the use of troops unprovided with transports, till Dec. 4, when they embarked and took their final departure from our unhappy isle. This long delay was owing to the removal of so many loyalists, who dared not remain here after the passage of so many violent resolutions by whig meet- ings in various parts of the Union. Ships were sent for from the West Indies, and even from Europe.
521. We have scarcely any particulars of the evacuation of Queens county, except that the Hessians from the Fly marched through Newtown; the road was full for some time .- Delancy's 3d Battalion was marched towards New-York, and discharged, a few at a time, to prevent their clubbing together and doing mischief. A half guinea was given each soldier to drink the King's health .- At the peace, the British, in Newtown, gradu- ally drew off toward Bushwick. Their last encampment was in the Cedar Lots, on the road to the Penny Bridge .- On the evacuation of Flushing, in the morning there were thou- sands around, barns full ; in the afternoon all, all were gone, and it seemed quite lonesome .- J. F., who kept store in Jamaica, says, "One day the British patrolled the streets, next day the
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American soldiers .- The 60th Regiment left Hempstead to the tune of Roslin Castle. (Sce 513, 367.)
NOVA SCOTIA.
522. As a number of the most active Loyalists of Queens county, and of the Provincial Regiments raised here, was obliged to seek refuge in Nova Scotia at the peace, to escape the vengeance of the exasperated Whigs, we annex such notices of their emigration thither as have fallen under our observa- tion .- Ed.
At the fall of Cornwallis, (Oct. 19, '81,) 471 heads of fami- lies associated to settle on lands granted the Loyalists in Nova Scotia .* They were divided into sixteen companies, with a captain and two lieutenants to each, to keep order and regularity, and had forty pieces of cannon, ammunition and military stores, carpenters, and all kinds of tools and implements for a settle- ment on a large scale. April 27, '83, 6000 sailed in a fleet of eigh- teen square-rigged vessels, with several sloops and schooners to carry horses, protected by two men-of-war. They reached Port Roseway after a six days' passage, and chose a site for a town afterwards named Shelburn. They commenced operations with great regularity and energy. Hills were levelled, hollows filled up, trees eradicated, and towns laid out. For present ac- commodation, temporary huts and tents were erected. They had excellent fish and lobster from the Roseway .; But late in autumn, an unwelcome addition was made: an inundation of refugees of an opposite character to the first settlers, was poured in from the colonies. These they felt obliged to admit in 'their communion. The population arose to 10,000, some say 14,000 ; but being remote from other settlements, and no roads, and the people unused to the mode of settling a wilder- ness, it rapidly declined ; a great part of the Loyalists returned to their native land, and thus raised a great prejudice against Nova Scotia .- Haliburton, II. 192.
Sept. 20, '83, Gaine. The fleet for Nova Scotia, of thirty sail, put to sea yesterday. (See 288, 366.)
* The feelings of the Loyalists within the British lines, may be judged
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of from the following address to Sir Guy Carlton and Admiral Digby, at New-York, Aug. 10, '82 :
" It is impossible for us to express the consternation with which we are struck, even on the probability of so calamitous an event as the in- dependency of the thirteen provinces of America taking place. We cannot suppress our feelings on a point so exceedingly momentous to our future peace, safety and happiness.
" To preserve the British Dominions entire, and to evince our pure and disinterested affection for his Majesty's sacred person and govern- ment, we hesitated not to step forth and hazard our lives and fortunes, re- lying on assurances given us that we should never be deserted in a cause so just, and in distresses so great and overwhelming.
" But should the great event of the independency of the British colo- nies be determined, and we thereby have to encounter the most inexpres- sible misfortune of being for ever east out from his Majesty's protection and government : we have only then to entreat your Excellencies' inter- position with his Majesty, by every consideration of humanity, to secure, if possible, beyond the mere forins of treaty, our persons and properties ; that such as think they cannot safely remain here, may be enabled to seek refuge elsewhere .- Rob. Imer. Gaz., Dec. 17, '82.
+ Town lots at Port Roseway, sixty by one hundred and twenty feet, sold for from ten to two hundred and fifty guineas each.
523. Most of the provincial regiments had lands assigned them in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Canada, &c .- Govern- ment granted three thousand acres of land to a field officer, and to others in proportion, who served in the provincial corps. It was supposed the Loyalists would erect saw-mills (in fact thirty-five were built since '83), and ship lumber and fish to the West Indies .- A grant of one hundred and eight thousand acres in the town of Douglass, was made, 1781, to Lieut. Col. Small, for the location of the 2nd battalion of the 84th regiment, who were Americans enlisted while stationed on Long Island .- The British Legion (Tarlton's) settled, 1783, at Port Mauton, and built while snow was yet on the ground. They were forced to remove. from the barrenness of the soil. Their town, with all their effects, clothing, live stock and furniture, was consumed by fire. . They would have died of famine, had not a King's ship been sent to their relief. (See 490, 519.)
521. Those who were once settled in their new homes,
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anxious for more company, wrote home very flattering ac- counts .-- Ed.
" St. John's Island, May 10, '83. The soil here is good, well wooded, and free from rocks. Climate so good, that fevers and agues are unknown; water excellent ; harbors spacious ; the rivers and bays abound in a great variety of shell and other fish."
A letter from Nova Scotia, August 30, '83, says : "Horses, hogs, cows, sheep, and poultry, are cheaper here than on Long Island. Bring all building materials with you."
525. After a while, accounts from Nova Scotia became more discouraging, and we find the Loyalists, except those who had been in arms, gradually returning home, where they lived unmolested by the Whigs .- Ed.
" Port Roseway, Jan. 5, '84. All our golden promises are vanished in smoke. We were taught to believe this place was not barren and foggy, as had been represented, but we find it ten times worse. We have nothing but his Majesty's rotten pork and unbaked flour to subsist on. 'But can't you bake it, seeing it is so wooden a country ?' Only come here your- self, and you'll soon learn the reason. It is the most inhospi- table clime that ever mortal set foot on. Loosely keeps hotel here."
Dec. 22, '84, N. J. Gaz. We felicitate our countrymen on the arrival of seventeen families from Nova Scotia, 14th inst. Many more may be daily expected, as the pacific disposition of the Whigs entirely coincides with their sentiments .- Mar. 24, '85. Thirty Tories have returned from Nova Scotia to New- York .- Oct. 12, '85. New Jersey swarms with Tories returned from Nova Scotia.
CELEBRATION OF PEACE.
526. Dec. 13, '83, Indep't Gaz. On Monday last, the glo- rious event of peace was celebrated by the Whig inhabitants of Queens county, at Jamaica. At sunrise, a volley was fired by the continental troops stationed in town, and the thirteen stripes displayed on a liberty pole, which had been erected for the purpose. At four o'clock, a number of the gentlemen of
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the county, and officers of the army who were in the neigh- borhood, sat down to an elegant dinner, attended by the music of a most excellent band, formerly belonging to the Line of this State. After drinking thirteen toasts, the gentlemen marched in column, thirteen abreast, in procession through the village, preceded by the music, and saluting the colors as they passed. In the evening, every house in the village, and several miles around, was most brilliantly illuminated, and a ball given to the ladies concluded the whole. It was pleasing to view the different expressions of joy and gratitude apparent in every countenance on the occasion. In short, the whole was con- ducted with the greatest harmony, and gave universal satis- faction.
An address was likewise agreed upon, to his Excellency, George Clinton, Governor of the State, and signed by Francis Lewis, John Sands, Richard Thorne, Joseph Robinson, Prior Townsend, Abm. Skinner, Benjamin Coe, Robert Furman, and James Burling .- Thompson, I. 212.
[The church bells rung, and there was a free table. Such Loyalists as were to be found, met rough treatment .- Ed.]
Pcace was celebrated at the stone house, then a tavern, late Abm Rapalje's, at Dutch Kills. The room was lighted with thirteen lamps. -Tho's Butler, at Dosoris, had an ox roasted whole, and gave an enter- tainment, consisting, among other things, of thirteen turkeys, thirteen geese, thirteen ducks, thirteen fowls, &c .- There was a dinner at Rem Hegeman's, Cedar Swamp, and a liberty pole erected. Col. Sands and John Schenck, as they rode up, were received with thirteen volleys. The festival terminated with a dance, and a rain coming on, it was continued till next morning ; so that one of the ladies said she " had been keeping Liberty all night."-There was also a celebration at Norwich, and pro bably in many other parts of the county.
SUITS AGAINST LOYALISTS.
527. The courts were closed in Queens county from Sep- tember, '73, to May, 1784. The Whig committees supplied their place till August 27, '76; and then martial law prevailed till the peace, unless the Police be an exception. Till the new
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court-house was built, courts were held in the Presbyterian church, Jamaica, and the Dutch church, Success.
528. To preserve peace and order on Long Island, New- York, and Staten Island, till magistrates can be appointed, and measures devised forsecuring all offenders, so that they can be brought to trial, the American troops were authorized to con- fine all offenders. Not. 26, '83.
529. Dec. 22, '83. Town meetings were held throughout the county, when the Loyalists did not venture to the polls, and all the offices were filled with Whigs.
Robert Hinchman was appointed to take charge of the pub- lie records of Queens county, December 20, '83.
530. The Superior Court opened at Albany, when a great number of persons from very distant abodes appeared, to tra- verse the indictments preferred against them on the charge of adhering to the enemies of this State; all of whom were treated with the utmost hospitality and good humor by the worthy inhabitants of that city .- Rir., Oct. 29, '83.
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