History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I, Part 61

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898, ed
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Philadelphia : L.E. Preston & Co.
Number of Pages: 1354

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It is said that Isaac Wilkins, of the Borough of Westehester, and Colonel Frederic Philipse, of the Manor of Philipsborough, both of them Members of the General Assembly of the Colony, walked at the head of those who moved from the Taveru to the Courthouse, and who interrupted the proceedings of the Meeting ; and all agreed that, when the entire number of those new incomers had entered the Courtroom, without indeeorously attempting to dis- turb the Meeting, in the slightest degree, Isaae Wil- kins, in behalf of those with whom he had come, " declared that, as they had been unlawfully called "together, and for an unlawful purpose, they did not "intend to eoutest the matter, by a Poll, which would "be taeitly acknowledging the authority that had "summoned them thither; but that they had comeonly "with a design to protest against all such disorderly " proceedings, and to shew their detestation of all un- "lawful Committees and Congresses. They then fur- " ther deelared their determined resolution to continue "steadfast in their allegiance to their gracious and " mereiful Sovereigu, King George the Third ; to sub- " mit to lawful authority ; aud to abide by and sup- "port the only true representatives of the People of "this Colony, the General Assembly." They then gave three cheers, and returned to Captain Hatfield's Tavern, "singing, as they went, with a loyal enthusi- " asm, the grand and animating Song of

"' God save great George, our King, "' Long live our noble King ! etc." 3

After the protestants had thus peacefully left the Courthouse, the Meeting returned to the business for the transaction of which it had been convened and organized ; and the question was submitted, by the Chairman, " Whether they would appoint Depu- " ties for this County, to meet the Deputies of the " other Counties, at the City of New York, on the "twentieth of April instant, for the purpose of "eleeting Delegates to represent this Colony in the "General Congress, to be held at Philadelphia, on

3 There is very little difference, concerning what occurred in the Courtroom, in the narrative drawn up by Lewis Morris and in that por- tion of the Protest whielt relates to that subjeet ; and botli are referred to, us anthorities, for what has been said, in the text, relative thereto. Concerning what was done, elsewhere, by the protestants, after they had left the Courthouse, the Protest is our sufficient authority.

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"the tenth day of May next." By an unanimous vote, it determined to do so ; and it then appointed, also without opposition, Colonel Lewis Morris and Doctor Robert Graham-the latter a kinsman of the former-both of Westchester; Stephen Ward, of Eastchester; Colonel James Holmes and Jonathan Platt, of Bedford; John Thomas, Junior, of Rye; and Samuel Drake and Philip Van Cortlandt, both of the Manor of Cortlandt; a majority of whom was authorized to represent the County, and to cast the Vote of the County, in the proposed Con- vention. 1

The following Resolutions were, then, submitted to the Meeting; and they were duly adopted, also without a dissenting voice :

"RESOLVED: That the thanks of this body be "given to the virtuous Minority of the General " Assembly of this Province, and particularly to " John Thomas and Pierre Van Cortlandt, Esquires, " two of our Representatives, for their firm attach- " ment to and zeal, on a late occasion for the preser- " vation of the union of the Colonies and the Rights "and Liberties of America; and that this Resolve be " communicated, by the Chairman, to every Gentle- " man of whom that Minority consisted.

" RESOLVED : That the thanks of this country is "due to the Delegates who composed the late Con- " gress, for the essential services they have rendered "to America, in general; and that this Resolve be " forthwith published."

We are told, also, by the Chairman of the Meeting, that, "after the business of the day was thus con- " cluded, the people gave three huzzas for our gra- " cious Sovereign,2 and dispersed, quickly, without the " least disorder." 3

1 As Jonathan Platt aud Colonel Holmes did not accept the appoint- ment, and as only six took their seats in the Convention, the majority which was necessary to cast the votc of the County was reduced to four ; and, thus, the control of the Delegation was retained by those who went from Westchester, Eastchester, and Rye.

2 The practice of all, at that period and subsequently, on all such occa- sions as that referred to in the text, will sufficiently indicate to the reader, that the enthusiasm for the King which was displayed, as much by one faction as by tho other, at the White Plains, on that eventful April day, was due quite as much to what had been drunk at the two Taverns, before either of those factions had gone to the Courthouse, as to the love for the King which either of them really possessed. But the Chairman of the Meeting kindly furnished conclusive evidence on the subject, when he wrote, " much pains, I confess, were, on that day, "taken, to make temporary enthusiasts, and with other more echilara- " ting spirit than the spirit of loyalty."-(Lewis Morris to the Publick, " MORRISANIA, May 7, 1775.")

Only culprits " coufess " a wrong-doing ; and with this "confession " of one of the principal offenders, on the occasion referred to, the reader will be enabled to understand how small an amount of genuine patriot- ism there was, in such a crowd, no matter for whom it hurrahed ; and low small the price was with which that crowd had been purchased, to further the purposes of either " the friends of the Government " or those of the revolutionary faction- may he not be enabled to understand, also, something more of those who originated and fostered the revolu- tionary spirit, in the Colonies, and something more of the meaus which they employed, call them what you may, than those, claiming to be " historians," with a very few really honorable exceptions, have hither- to told to him ?

One of the most important political movements in which New York

Although no action, on that subject, appears to have been taken by the Meeting, its master-spirit and Chairman, in his official capacity, appears to have continued the work for which the Meeting had beeu conveued, completing it before he left the White Plains, by preparing an official narrative of the ori- gin of the Meeting ; of the Caucus which had " recom- "mended " it; of its Proceedings, when convened ; and of its noisy loyalty to that "gracious Sove- " reign " whose recognized authority it had so boldly assailed. That narrative was duly published ; and, at the expense of repeating some matters of which mention has been already made, as an important portion of the historical literature of Westchester- county, a place is made for it, in this work. It was in the following words :

" WHITE PLAINS, IN THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER "the 11th day of April 1775.

"On the 28th day of March last, the following " Gentlemen having received letters from the Chair- " man of the Committee of the City and County of " New-York relative to the appointment of Deputies " for this County, met at this place for the purpose of " devising means for taking the Sense of this County "upon the Subject, viz :

" Col. Lewis Morris, Theodosius Barlow, Esq., 4

" Thomas Hunt, William Sutton, Esq.,

" Abraham Leggot, Capt. Joseph Drake,

" James Horton, Jr., Esq., James Willis,

" Stephen Ward, Benjamin Drake,

" Abraham Guion, Esq., Moses Drake,

" who having taken the Same into consideration, "agreed to send 'the following notification to the " principal freeholders in the different Towns and " districts in the County, viz-

" ' March 28th, 1775.

"' SIR. A number of gentlemen from different dis- ""'tricts in the county of Westchester having this "' day met at the White Plains to Consider of the "'most proper method of taking the Sense of the "' Freeholders, of the said County, upon the Expedi- ""'ency of choosing Deputies to meet the Deputies of "" the other Counties, for the purpose of Electing

has ever been engaged, was carried through Westchester-county in known opposition to the great body of its inhabitants, and in the face of a formal Protest of a larger number, by only a factional minority, in the interest of an aspiring politician, and while that minority was stag- gering under the cvil influences of the New England Rum which had been freely dispensed, for that particular purpose.

3 The narrative, signed by " LEWIS MORRIS, Chairman," already re- ferred to, has afforded a sufficient authority, for all that has been said, in the text, concerning the Meeting, after the protestants had left the Courthouse.

4 Although the name was thus written, in the original manuscript, there can be no doubt that reference was made to Theodosius Bartow, second son of the Rev. John Bartow, the first Rector of the Parish of Westchester. Mr. Bartow subsequently held the comfortable and profit- able place of a "Commissary at New Rochelle ; " and his son, (subse- quently Rector of St. Matthew's Church, at Bedford) held the profitable place of Quarter-master, in the First Westchester-county Regiment.

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"' delegates to represent this Colony in the General " ' Congress to be held at Philadelphia on the 10th of "' May next, are of opinion that the best way of pro- " ' ceeding for that purpose, will be to have a general "' Mecting of the Freeholders of the Said County.

"' As this County is very Extensive we take the lib- "'erty of recommending the meeting to be held at "' the White Plains on Tuesday the 11th day of April "'next at ten o'eloek in the forenoon at the Court "' House, and therefore do desire you, to give notice " ' of the Same to all the freeholders in your distriet, "' without exception, as those who do not appear and " 'vote on that day, will be presumed to acquiesce ""'in the Sentiment of the majority of those who votc. " ' We are, &c.'

" The above notice having been generally given " and distributed, a very numerous body of the Free- " holders of the County assembled at the Court " House at the White Plains, on this day, and chose, " Col. Lewis Morris for their Chairman.

"An inconsiderable number of Persons (among " whom were many tenants not entitled to a vote) with "Isaac Wilkins, Esq., and Col. Philipse at their "head, then appeared, and Mr. Wilkins in their be- " half as he said, declared that they would not join " in the business of the day or have anything to " do with Deputies or congresses, but that they came "there, for the sole purpose of protesting against " sueh illegal and uneonstitutional proceedings, after " which they departed.

" The following Question was then put to the peo- " ple by the chairman, viz :

" ' Whether they would appoint Deputies for this "'county, to meet the Deputies of the other counties " 'at the city of New York on the 20th of April in- "'stant, for the purpose of clecting delegates to re- "' present this colony in the general congress to be "'held at Philadelphia on the 10th day of May " ' next.'

"To which Question they unanimously answered that they would.

" They then appointed the following eight persons, " or the majority of them, to be the deputies of this " county, for the purposes aforesaid, viz :

"Col. Lewis Morris, John Thomas, Jr., Esq.,

" Stephen Ward, Jonathan Platt, Esq.,

" Samuel Drake, Esq., Robert Graham, Esq.,

" Col. James Holmes, Major Philip Van Courtlandt.

"The two following Resolves were then unani- " mously Entered into, viz :

" Resolved, that the thanks of this Body be given to " the virtuous minority of the general Assembly of " this Province, and particularly to John Thomas and "Pierre Van Cortlandt, Esqrs., two of ourrepresenta- " tives for their firm attachment to and zeal, on a late "oceasion for the preservation of the Union of the " Colonies and the rights and liberties of America ; "and that this Resolve be communieated by the

" ehairman, to every gentleman of whom that min- " ority consisted.

" Resolved, That the thanks of this country is due " to the delegates who composed the late congress for " the Essential Services they have rendered to Amncr- " ica in general, and that this Resolve be forthwith "published.

" After the business of the day was thus concluded, " the people gave three Huzzas for our gracious "Sovereign and dispersed quickly 1 without the least " disorder.

"LEWIS MORRIS, Chairman." 2

In the proceedings of the revolutionary faction, after its Meeting was organized, probably because of a consciousness of its own relative weakness within the County, there was an evident attempt to appear, at least, to be fair and honest in whatever was said or done-no personalities or harsh words, of any kind, appear to have been used against those who en- tered its Meeting, and respectfully protested against the organization and doings and purposes of that Meeting ; the County, as such, was not referred to, in either of the two Resolutions which were adopted, the thanks of nothing else than those who were then present and voting having been voted to the minor- ity of the General Assembly, while an obligation then due to the Continental Congress, which rested on the entire country, if that Mecting was not misinformed, was simply recognized by it, without an attempt being made for the liquidation of even its own por- tion of the debt-it gave its thanks to the minor- ity of the Colonial Assembly ; but it had no thanks to spare for the Continental Congress ;- no attempt was made, then or afterwards, to exult over the results of the Meeting ; the narrative written by the Chairman of the Meeting continued that commendable courtesy ; and, the principal purpose of the Meeting, if not its only purpose, the restoration of the Morris family to the political life from which it had been excluded, having been accomplished, the peace of the County, for the present, was not further disturbed ; although it is scarcely possible that every one continued, thenceforth, to regard all his neighbors with the same friendly feelings which had bound them togeth- er, during the past.

While the Mecting at the Courthouse was thus quietly engaged in the continued discharge of " the " business of the day," those who had protested, before it, against the call for the Meeting as well as against its proposed proceedings, returned to Captain Hat- field's Tavern, where they were joincd, during the afternoon, by " many of their friends ;" and " they

1 In some of the re-prints of this paper, this word is called " quietly : " we have preferred to use the word which was used by the author, in the original manuscript.

" This is an exact copy of the original manuscript, which was used as the Credentials of the Deputies and has been preserved in the Credentials of Delegates, Volume xxiv., Page 25, Historical Manuscripts relating to the War of the Revolution, in the Office of the Secretary of State, at Albany.

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" proceeded to draw up and sign a Declaration, which " they seemed to do," it is said, "with as much pat- "riotic zeal as ever warmed the hearts of true and " faithful Subjects; and, afterwards, they dispersed to "their different habitatious.1"

A narrative of the events was subsequently written, probably by Isaac Wilkins, and, with the Declaration affixed, it was printed in the newspapers of the day, where, from that day to this, they have remained, serving as authorities in the history of that period. The narrative and the Declaration are in these words :

" County of Westchester, April 13, 1775. " MR. RIVINGTON,

" Be pleased to insert the following, and you will " oblige a number of your Friends and Subscribers :

" C N Thursday the 11th inst. a very respectable num- ber of freeholders and inhabitants of the county " of Westchester, assembled at the White Plains, in "the said County, agreeable to notice given, that "their sentiments might be known concerning the " choice of a committee, to meet other committces in " the city of New-York, for the purpose of choosing "delegates to represent this colony in the next Con- "tinental Congress.

" The friends to order and government met at the " house of Captain Hatfield. Those who were for "a committee, put up at another public house in "the town. About 12 o'clock word was brought to " the gentlemen at Captain Hatfield's that the oppo- " site party had already entered upon the business of "the day. Upon which they immediately walked " down to the Courthouse, although not half of their " friends who were expected, had yet appcared ; where " they found the other company collected in a body. " The numbers on each side secmed to be nearly " equal, and both together might amount to 200, or " at most 250. The friends to government then de- " clared, that as they had been unlawfully called to- " gether, and for an unlawful purpose, they did not " intend to contest the matter with them by a poll, " which would be tacitly acknowledging the author- "ity that had summoned them thither ; but that they " came only with a design to PROTEST against all " such disorderly proccedings, and to shew their dc- "testation of all unlawful committees and con-

" gresscs. They then declared their determined "resolution to continue stedfast in their allegiance to "their gracious and merciful sovereign King George "the Third-to submit to lawful authority, and to " abide by and support the only true representatives " of the people of this colony, the General Assembly. "Then giving three huzzas, they returned to Captain " Hatfield's, singing as they went, with loyal enthusi- " asm, the good and animating song of,

"'God save great George our King, """ Long live our noble King, &c.'

" At their return, finding that many of their friends " had arrived during their absence, and that mauy " still kept coming in, they proceeded to draw up, and " sign the following declaration, which they seemed to " do with as much patriotic zeal, as ever warmed the "hearts of true and faithful subjects, and afterwards " dispersed to their different habitations.

"E the subscribers, freeholders and inhabitants

W of the county of Westchester, having assem- ""'bled at the White Plains, in consequence of certain " 'advertisements, do now declare, that we mct here to "'express our honest abhorrence of all unlawful con- "' gresses and committees, and that we are determined " 'at the hazard of our lives and properties, to sup- "' port the King and Constitution, and that we ac- "'knowledge no representatives but the General "' Assembly, to whose wisdom and integrity we sub- "' mit the guardianship of our rights and privileges.

" ' Frederick Philipse, Jacob Post,

" ' Isaac Wilkins, Joseph Gidney,

" ' Samuel Seabury, James Baxter,

" ' Luke Babcock, John Hart,

"' Jonathan Fowler, Judge, Cornelius Losee,

" . Caleb Fowler, Judge, Jesse Park,

" 'Jonathan P. Horton, Esq ; Roger Purdy, jun. " ' William Sutton, Esq. ; Gilbert Pugsley, " ' Daniel Oakly, Esq. ; Abraham Leadeau,

"' Benjamin Fowler, Esq. ;

Benjamin Brown,

" ' William Davids, Esq .; "' William Anderson, Esq. ;

Isaac Keed, Aaron Buis,

" ' William Barker, Esq. ; Moses Weymen,

" ' Capt. Abra. Hatfield, Esq .; Israel Underhill,

" . Natha Underhill, Mayor,

John Baisley,

" ' George Cornwell, Esq. ; David Oakley, jun.

"' Philip Pell, Esq .;

Isaac Smith,

"' Joshua Pell,

" ' James Pell,

Hezekiah Cudney,

" 'Edward Pell, Abraham Odell,

" ' John Hunt,

Thomas Lawrence,

" ' Gilbert Horton, John Seyson,

" ' Adrian Leforge, Jeremialı Travis,

" ' Joshua Gidney,

Griffen Corey, Isaa Forsheu,

" ' Lieut. Jonathan Purdy, Gabriel Requeaw,

"' Solomon Gidney, Samuel Webb,

" ' Joseph Bude, Benjamin Downing.

" 'James Whetmore,

Gabriel Archer,

" 'Moges Williams,

Elias Secord,

" 'John Haight,

Thomas Veal,

" ' Isaac Brown,

James Pierce,

" ' Philip Kelly, Edward Bugbe,

" ' James Hains,

David Haight,

" ' Joseph Hains, Jun. Sylvanus Lyon, " ' James Hains, Jun. Daniel Haight,

" ' Matthew Hains, Jolın Williams,

" ' Bartholomew Hains, Joseplı Purdy,

" ' Gilbert Hains,

Ezekiel Halstead,

John Hunt, jun.

1 The Declaration here referred to, forms a portion of the Protest which is published, in full, on this page, below, and on page 73 post., and the reader is referred to it, in that place.

"' Jolın Hains,

John Hyatt,

" ' Jonathan Gidney,

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" ' Elijah Hains,

" ' Lieut. Solomon Fowler,

" ' Isaac Williams,

' 'John M'Collum, " ' Joseph Clark,

William Grey,

" ' James Gidney,

Christopher Purdy,

Gabriel Purdy, Edward Merit, jun. Elijah Miller,

" 'Capt. Benjamin Griffen,

"' Capt. Joshna Purdy,

" ' James Mott,

John Parker,

"' Thomas Brown,

Benjamin Hunt,

' 'Lieut. William Laensberry, Gilbert Hatfield,

" ' Lieut. Samuel Purdy,

'. ' John Ruffin,

" ' Nathan Osborn,

" ' Philemon Halstead,

Thomas Meritt,

Gilbert Bates,

John Gidney,

Stephen Arnode,

" ' Seth Purdy,

Benjamin Griffin, jun.

"' Capt. Absolom Gidney, " ' David Haight,

"' Jolin Brown, " ' Jasper Stivers,

'. ' Peter M'Farthing, '.'Joshua Purdy, jun.

" ' Hacealiah Purdy, jun.

' ' James Tomkins,

" ' Michael Chatterton,

" ' Elnathan Taylor, " ' Gilbert Theal. " ' William Saxen,

"' Thomas Champenirs, " ' John Champenirs, " ' William Griffin, " ' Isane Gidney, " ' John Bates, '' Joseph Haviland, " ' Eleazer Ilart,

.'' Timothy Whetmore, " ' James Hunt,

Timothy Purdy, James Maguire,

"' Franeis Purdy,

Andrew Fowler,

" . William Odell,

Joshua Seeord,

" ' Joseph Parker, " ' Joshna Barns, " ' Joseph Purdy, "' John Park.

" ' Samuel Purdy,

" ' Gilbert Purdy, " ' James Chatterton,

" ' John Dusenburgh,

'.' Thomas Cromwell, "' Solomon Horton,

" ' Peter Busing,

" ' Peter Busing, jun.

" ' James Kniffen,

" ' Nathaniel Underhill, jun. Gilbert Valentine, Abraham Rich,

" ' Philip Fowler.

" . John M' Farthing, " ' John Tomkins, "' Joseph Hart,

" ' Samuel Sneden,

" ' Peter Fashee,

" ' Jesse Lawrence, " . William Sneden,

lsaae Purdy, Elijah Purdy, Abraham Losee,

" ' Lient. Daniel Knap,

Roger Purdy,

" ' Solomon Dean,

James lIart, jun.

" ' Charles Vincent, sen.

Jonathan Purdy, jun.

"' Lieut. Thomas llyat,

Monmouth Hart, jun.

" ' Joseph Oakly, " ' Caleb Ferris,

Nathaniel Merit, Joseph Palding, Hendrieus Storm, Franeis Seeord,

" ' Jonathan Budd,

"' John Whetmore,

" ' William Underhill,

Henry Disborough,

Elnathan Hunt,

William Van Wart, Abraham Storın,

Benjamin Ogden,

" ' Evert Brown,

" ' Benjamin Beyea,

"' Bartholomew Gidney,

" ' Josiah Brown,

Benjamin Underhill,

Israel Seeord,

" ' Peter lluggeford,

John Arnode,

David Purdy,

David Beleher,

Jordan Downing, Levi Devoe,

Abraham Aeker,

Corn. Van Tassell,

" ' Benjamin Seacord,

Gideon Arden, William Field,

Jacob Sehnreman,

" ' Betts Chatterdon,

Joseph Purdy,

Joseph Appleby,

.' ' William Landrine,

George Storm,

John Tomkins, jun.

"'Enoch Hunt,

Jacob Vermiller,

" ' Peter Corne,

Samuel lIeusted,

Patrick Carey,

"'' Dennis Kennedy,

Bartow Underhill,

James Ilart, Gilbert Ward,

"' Andrew Bainton,

Nathanfiel Purdy,

Monmouth Hart,

'. ' IIezekiah Simmons,

Isaac Bennet,

William Dunlap,

"' Nathaniel Tomkins,

Samuel Baker, John Cornwell,

Joshna Ferris,

" ' Caleb Areher,

" ' Benjamin Bugbee,

John Storm,

James Regnaw,

Daniel Shadin,

"' Israel IInnt,

George Freneb,

Samuel Purdy,

"'Thomas Tomkins,

John Underhill,

" ' Frederiek Underhill,

Caleb Gidney,

" ' Peter Post,

William Underhill, jun.

"' Benjamin M'Cord,

James Hill,

Elijah Purdy, jun.

" ' John Williams, William Watkins,

Elijah Tomkins,

" 'John Ackerman, " ' Peter Rusting, Richard Baker,

" ' Thomas Barker, William Aseough,

"" Jeremiah llunter " ' Abraham Storm, Bishop llenstiee, James Miller, l'hineas IInnt,'

" ' Peter Jenning,

" The following persons, not being able to attend at " the Plains, requested by their Friends that their " names might be added to the list of protestors, viz. :

" John Hunt, Esq., Jeremiah Hiteheoek,

" l'hilip Palmer, Esq., William Bond, " John lliteheoek, Joseph Bond.

John Gale, John Smith,

" ' Nehemiah Tomkins,

" ' llenry Leforge,

Thomas Berry, Laneaster Underhill,

Charles Merit,

Jeremiah Coon,

"' Jacob Gidney,

"' Jolin Loee,

John HIall, James Angevine, Jacob Coon,

" ' Elnathan Appleby,

"' John Baker,

Jeremiah Anderson, jun.

" ' Jonathan Underhill,

Gilbert Williams,

' ' James M 'Chain,

William Barker, jnn.

Elisha Merit,

" 'Joshua IInnt,

" ' James Hains,

Lieut. John Warner,

Sylvanus Purdy, William Dalton, David Davids,

John Rustin,

Daniel Jerow,

Charles Lawrence, Joseph Purdy, jun. James Sniffen, jun. Thomas Valentine,

Andrew Gerow, Gilbert Hunter, Lieut. Peter Bonet,

Isaae Merit, Elward Merit,

" The foregoing account is strictly true, as can be

" ' Daniel Purdy, " 'John Crab,

" ' Izariah Whetmore,

Gabriel Purdy, Alexander Haines,

" ' Lieut. Isaae Gidney,

" ' William Woodward,

Isaae Tomkins,

Job IIadden, jun.

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"proven by the testimony (or if necessary by the affi- " davits) of a number of persons, of the most nnques- " tionable character in this county. What then must " we think of sneh persons as have propagated a report, " that the friends of government were npon this occa- "sion out-numbered 5 to 1, and that many of the " persons whose names were subseribed to the fore- " going Declaration, were not on that day present at "the White Plains ? They must be conscious to " themselves, that they have spread abroad a falsehood, " and they are hereby ealled npon if they dare to set "their names to those assertions.

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History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I, Part 61

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898, ed Publication date: 1886 Publisher: Philadelphia : L.E. Preston & Co. Number of Pages: 1354

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898, ed
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Philadelphia : L.E. Preston & Co.
Number of Pages: 1354