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Robert Russell.
21-15
623 acres.
John Secor.
49-18
I242 acres.
Isaac Secor.
55-16
124 acres.
Nov. 15, 1782
66
John Davis.
17- 8
116 acres.
Moses Knap.
115
230 acres.
Nov. 16, 1782
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Timothy Carver.
71
355 acres.
Nov. 13, 1782
Jacob Van Scog.
13- 4
88 acres.
Abigal Clerk.
79- 4
132 acres.
Nov. 18, 1782
36
66
Ebenezer Lockwood.
57-12
144 acres.
Isaac Bodeau.
92-10
943 acres.
66
John Begua.
66
132 acres.
Philip Button.
17- 4
43 acres in lot No. 4.
Nov. 19, 1782
66
Gilbert Haight.
15-13
60 acres.
Mahar Nielson.
66- 5
1325 acres.
William Higby.
64
128 acres.
Sporiah Hopkins.
16-12
83 acres.
Henry Charlick.
95-15
383 acres.
56
Jonathan Miller.
28
Ic63 acres.
Apr. 20, 1782
66
Cornelius Adriance.
6- 6
74 acres.
June 13, 1783
Ichobad Morvin.
84-16
4602 acres.
June 16, 1783
66
Benjamin Bloomer.
138- 4-6
2703 acres.
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Beverly Robinson. Roger Morris.
Sylvanus Covert.
14-14
49 acres in lot No. 9.
66
Nov. 21, 1782
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Nov. 4, 1782
Beverly Robinson. Roger Morris.
66
Nov. 16, 1782
66
3
7
June 16, 1783 66 66
Roger Morris.
Thomas Adams. Gilbert Bloomer. Jeremiah Hugsrow. Thomas Russell. Joseph Hustis.
£67-12-6 44-16-4 141-15 24-16
2982 acres in lot No. 9. 315 acres.
66
166 acres.
June 17, 1783
66
66
66
36
66
Wid. Charity Hastis.
109-10 253- 3-8 21
I20 acres.
Apr. 8, 1783
Joseph Farringtone. Solomon Hopkins.
248
310 acres.
Apr. 10, 1783
66
Benjamin Knap. William Hitchcock.
2-12
26 acrcs.
June 2, 1783
Solomon Hopkins.
82 acres.
June 7, 1786
66
| Martin Willsie.
1093 acres.
June 14, 1786
66
Samuel Hawkins.
54 acres. 931 acres.
June 17, 1786
-
66
Comfort Chadwick. John Obrien.
1172 acres. 210 acres.
June 18, 1786 June 20, 1786
66
: Ebenezer Boyd.
1773 acres.
¥
66
David Frost.
33-12 37-10
153 acres.
Oct. 15, 1786
II4
285 acres.
Oct. 22, 1786
$6
168 acres.
Oct. 23, 1786
66
Richard Williams.
109 acres.
66
Joseph Randle.
48- 6 6-16-3 33- 4-6
2213 acres.
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Date of Sale.
Loyalist Oruner.
Purchaser.
Price.
Description and Remarks.
108} acres.
John Barton.
27- 1-3
219 acres.
Jan. 29, 1783
¥
Peter Dubois. Israel Knap.
293 acres.
Apr. 4, 1783
136- 4 19- 2-6
34I acres.
Apr. 14, 1783 66
66
¥
John Van Amber. Christo. Townsend.
51-18 61
122 acres
June 16, 1786
William Boyd.
187 acres.
Isaac Drew.
16- 8-1 37 29- 7 115-IO
22- 4-9 23-12-6
1572 acres. 168 acres.
Judith Cromwell. Gilbert Weeks. Israel Knapp.
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July 7, 1786
42-12 55- 6-6 8- 2
I272 acres.
3462 acres.
296 acres.
I'74
Dale of Sale.
Loyalist Owner.
Purchaser.
l'rice.
Description and Remarks.
118 acres in lot No. 9. 370 acres.
IOI acres.
160 acres.
Nov. 18, 1786
.
¥
Abram Maybee.
65- 9
187 acres.
Joseph Farington. Consider Cushman. 27
56- 8
14I acres.
Nov. 22, 1786 Nov. 23, 1786
66
Samuel Hawkins.
10-16
27 acres.
66
200 acres.
66
66
:
Lemuel Morger. Joseph Ogden.
3- 8
34 acres.
John Russel.
2-18- 6
39 acres.
66
Samuel Hunt.
23-10
1175 acres.
66
Peter Bell.
41-13- 4
1 363 acres. 76 acres.
Nov. 25, 1786
Samuel Jones.
63- 1
294 acres.
James Townsend.
352 acres.
.Nov. 30, 1786
William Headon.
52-16 62- 6- 6
1383 acres.
Jeremiah Sprage.
7- 7 28-10
98 acres.
Nov. 18, 1786
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Amy Haight.
7-12
Nov. 25, 1786 Mar. 24, 1784
66
¥
13-16- 3 8- 5
220 acres.
18-15
500 acres.
270
Oct. 23, 1786 Oct. 25, 1786
Roger Morris.
John Booth. Samuel Carle. Lewis Crankite. Thomas Horton. David Hanion.
£11-16 III 12-12- 6
24
21- 9- 8 4-10
200 acres.
Paul Sparling.
54 acres.
180 acres.
Richard Ayers. Justice Berrit. Robert Show.
3º
18-18
I 30 acres.
38
190 acres.
36-18-16
211 acres.
Nov. 24, 1786
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Abel Van Scog.
5-14
David Porter.
William Goodfellow. Ebenezer Boyd.
12
17- 5- 9
190 acres. 76 acres. 66 acres. 461 acres. Ito3 acres.
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Date of Sale.
Loyalist Owner.
Purchaser.
Price.
Description and Remarks.
Apr. 26, 1784
Roger Morris.
Jacob Kniffen.
£53- 1- 8
260 acres in lot No. 9.
Gilbert Bloomer.
39- 4
187 acres.
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¥
Zacheus Newcomb.
8- 5
165 acres.
Martin Wiltsie.
9
360 acres.
Isaac Rhodes.
2- 8
32} acres.
James Smalley.
II-12
232} acres.
Henry Charlick.
25-13
171 acres.
Oct. 20, 1784
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Moses Mead.
19- 4
266 acres.
Justus Nelson.
1-12
8 acres.
Mathew Swanck.
3- 4
16.3 acres.
Martin Wiltsey.
7-12
19 acres.
Feb. 10, 1785
Joseph Farington.
24
160 acres.
Samuel Hawkins.
7-10
ICO acres.
66
66
¥
Nathaniel Anderson.
53- 4
266 acres.
Solomon Cornell.
2- 8
8 acres.
¥
Charity Heustes.
I- 4
4 acres.
:
Daniel Dant.
15- 9
103 acres.
John Post.
4- 1-9
812 acres.
Daniel Ter Boss.
100
500 acres.
88
5co acres.
June 30, 1735
Benjamin Bloomer.
86
4 30 acres.
38
190 acres.
46
230 acres.
May 3,1736
341 acres in lot No. 3.
May
3, 1784
Isra: 1 Knapp.
not
354 acres. 27 acres.
Cornchus Adriance. Squire Baker.
given.
30 acres.
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June 30, 1785 Feb. 10, 1785
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30-17
497 acres.
Timothy Van, Scov. Johnson Deakins. James Nelson and John Haight.
18- 0-5 Price
¥
66
66
Robert Fuller.
38-14
96 acres.
66
Nov. 20, 1784
May 26, 1784
May 31, 1784
July 2, 1784
Date of Sale.
Loyalist Owner.
Purchaser.
Price.
Description and Remarks.
May 3, 1786 ¥
Roger Morris.
John Haight. Andrew Hill.
30 acres. 385 acres in lot No. 3.
56
¥
John Haight.
256 acres.
66
"
William Wright.
125 acres.
Cornelius Adriance.
212 acres.
Benjamin Bloomer.
4602 acres.
Gilbert Bloomer.
2904 acres.
66
Joseph Huestis.
296 acres.
John Barton.
108 acres.
66
=
66
Peter Dubois.
2932 acres.
Jno. Van Amburgh.
3464 acres.
66
"
Martin Wiltsie.
5283 acres.
Judith Cromwell.
153 acres.
Gilbert Weeks.
285 acres.
66
66
¥
168 acres.
David Hamion.
200 acres.
36
Paul Sparling.
54 acres.
Gilbert Bloomer.
187 acres.
Nathaniel Anderson.
266 acres.
66
66
Danicl Ter Boss.
1497 acres.
¥
66
| Benjamin Bloomer.
430 acres.
Total acreage in lots No. 3, 5 and 9 . Land under water
1,357
Highways . . 420
Land sold by Roger Morris ..
600
Land sold by the Commissioners. .. · 39,100
Total acres disposed of
41,477
Acres still unsold.
9,372
Not till 1819 did Henry Livingston declare that all the land was sold.
Note .- The returns of the sales for the rest of the state are incomplete and are therefore withheld for future publication.
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66
Charity Huestis.
219 acres.
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66
Israel Knapp.
50,849
Maurice Smith.
142 acres.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
THIS dissertation is the product, almost entirely, of a study of original sources. The field was unworked, and consequently it was no inconsiderable task to find the available material, which was scattered over a wide area, part of it being at Washington, D. C., part in England, part in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Canada, but most of it in the state of New York. So far as known, everything available that could throw any light upon the loyalists of New York was examined and used. Most of the matter relating to events before July 4, 1776, was taken from printed sources, while that of the later period was found in manuscript sources. Wherever secondary material has been used, due credit will be found in the foot-notes of the text.
The purpose of this bibliographical note is not to give an exhaustive list of sources consulted, but to indicate the unprinted material and the most important printed authorities for this subject.
I. ORIGINAL SOURCES
1. UNPRINTED.
Assembly papers, vols. 25-28, Forfeited estates.
These papers were arranged by the secretary of state in 1831 from docu- ments on file in the assembly. They are a miscellaneous collection of petitions, reports of committees, minutes of revolutionary boards, accounts of the state treasurer, and lists of forfeited estates, and throw light upon every phase of loyalism. These volumes are in the state library at Albany, N. Y.
Proceedings of the Albany committee of correspondence, 1775-1778. 2 vols.
This is the only complete record of the acts of a county inquisitorial board in New York which is available. It affords an excellent picture of the methods used to dispose of obnoxious loyalists. It furnishes an ex- ample of what was done in the other counties. These volumes are in the state library at Albany, N. Y., and were bought from the descendants of Matthew Visscher in 1848.
Minutes of the commissioners for detecting conspiracies, 1778-1781. 2 vols.
These volumes show the attitude of the new state toward the loyalists, their numbers and activity, and how they were treated in the later stages of the war. These papers belonged to Leonard Gansevoort, Jr., secretary 273] 273
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE [274
of the commissioners, and in 1850 were given to the New York state library by his grandson, Dr. Thomas Hun, of Albany.
Sir William Johnson papers, 1738-1790. 26 vols.
Vols. 1-22 were bought by Lieut .- gov. Taylor at the sale of confiscated property during the revolution. The MSS. in the other four volumes were purchased by the state in 1863. There is an excellent index. These papers shed much light on the colonial period after 1738 and show the feeling of this powerful family toward the movement for independence.
George Clinton papers. 52 vols.
These papers were bought by the state of New York in 1853 and 1883. They contain material for a military history of the revolution and show how the loyalists were treated by the military power. Some of these papers have been printed by the state historian.
New York assembly journals, 1693-1775.
From these papers the development of early political groups may be traced.
Henry Stevens papers.
These papers were added to the New York state library in 1875. They contain some material about loyalism in Cumberland and Gloucester counties.
Papers laid before the Provincial Congress, 1775-1778. 16 vols.
Vol. 24 contains the credentials of delegates for 1775; vol. 30 relates to the associations in 1775; vols. 31-33 contain petitions presented during the years 1775 to 1777; and vols. 34-39 are made up of miscellaneous papers. Some of these papers appear in the Calendar of historical manu- scripts relating to the war of the Revolution.
Beverly Robinson estate, 1777-1780.
This is a detailed account of the sales of personal property belonging to Beverly Robinson and other loyalists by the commissioners of sequestra- tion. It is the only report of this kind preserved for the use of students of the revolution. It shows what was done in all the counties north of New York city. 6
Papers relating to the Vermont controversy, 1777-1799.
These documents reflect the loyalist sentiment in the counties which became Vermont.
Council minutes. 28 vols.
These journals give the executive, legislative and judicial proceedings of that body and help to reveal the rise of parties in the colony. The min- utes of the council as a legislative body have been printed.
Minutes of the Provincial Congress, Provincial Convention, Committee of safety and Council of safety, 1775-1778. 10 vols.
These bodies governed New York from 1775 to 1778 and their minutes
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reflect the attitude of the revolutionary governmental bodies toward the loyalists. These 10 vols. are transcripts from 6 vols. of original minutes and were printed at Albany in 1842.
Revolutionary papers, 1775-1777. 12 vols.
These papers supplement the minutes of the extra-legal bodies. They also were printed in 1842.
General John Lacey papers, 1773-1782.
These afford some information concerning the loyalists.
Proceedings against the disaffected persons of Queens and Richmond counties, 1776.
These minutes record the acts of a committee appointed by the Pro- vincial Congress to suppress obnoxious loyalists. The forms of summons, the details of the trials, and the disposition of the cases are given. With the occupation of southern New York by the British the work of the committee ceased.
New York treasurer's journal, 1775-1784. 2 vols.
This journal has a complete record of the moneys paid to the com- mittees having charge of the loyalists, and of the sums received from the sales of confiscated and forfeited property. It is in the state library at Albany, N. Y.
Accounts of the New York treasurer, 1775-1784.
The amounts turned over to the state at various times by the commis- sioners of sequestration of personal property are here given for each county. The sums realized from forfeited real estate are also stated. This record is in the state comptroller's office at Albany, N. Y.
Forfeited estates sold in New York city, 1784-1787.
This is the most complete and detailed list of the loyalists whose prop- erty was forfeited, and also of the purchasers of it, that is known to exist for any section of the state. Each piece of property sold is fully described and the price is stated. This volume is in the register's office, New York city.
Abstract of forfeited estates in Suffolk county.
This describes the sale of the few forfeited estates in Suffolk county with the owners, purchasers, price and character of the property. It is in the Old Civil List Book, in the Suffolk county clerk's office.
Report of sales by the commissioner of forfeitures of the eastern district, 1784-1789.
This report gives the names of the owners and the purchasers of for- feited estates, the date of sale, the location of the property, and a descrip- tion of it. This is in the office of the state surveyor and engineer, Albany, N. Y.
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Forfeited lands-Timothy Thomson.
This is a bundle of papers in the state surveyor and engineer's office at Albany, N. Y. The letters and deeds show that the confiscated lands be- longed to John Thompson and Mr. Fox and wife.
Forfeited estates-Minisink Patent.
This is a bundle of deeds which were given by the surveyor general to purchasers of eighteen lots owned by James De Lancey, Oliver De Lancey and John Weatherhead. This also is in the office of the state engineer.
Commissioners of forfeitures' memorandum of sales for the 16th and 17th of September, 1787.
This gives copies of the deeds granted by the commissioners for the western district. In same place as preceding.
P. Sternberg's application for forfeited lands.
This relates to the patent of Jersey field, which was divided, and the portion falling to loyalists forfeited and sold-about 95 lots. This led to trouble as late as 1808. In same place as preceding.
Application for forfeited lands.
This contains applications for forfeited lands after 1808. In same place as preceding.
Commissioners of forfeitures-" 77."
This bundle contains certificates of the loyalty of applicants, and other facts about them. In same place as the preceding.
Forfeited lands sold by the surveyor general-" 76."
This gives accounts of the various patents, divers applications, affidavits of appraisers, etc. In same place as preceding.
Commissioners of forfeitures.
This has various claims and cases, certificates of loyalty, etc. In same place as preceding.
Commissioners of forfeitures from 1 to 50.
This contains claims of the discovery of forfeited lands under the act of 1803 giving the finder 25 per cent. In same place as preceding.
Copies of deeds for forfeited estates - Glens Falls.
The surveys and descriptions are given. In same place as preceding.
Forfeited lands-Dutchess and Westchester counties-" 73."
This bundle coutains the reports of the appraisers of lands sold by the surveyor general, and the deeds. In same place as preceding.
Forfeited lands at Kayaderasseras.
This gives the deeds of lands sold by the surveyor general from 1804 to 1808. In same place as preceding.
Forfeited lands in Dutchess county.
This contains reports of the appraisements and of the surveys of the
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lands belonging to Robert Morris and wife, and B. Robinson and wife. In same place as preceding.
Copies of deeds for forfeited lands-Lott and Magin's patent-" 50."
These lands were sold by the surveyor general Simeon De Witt from 1803 to 1805. In same place as preceding.
Stevens, B. F. Fac similes of Manuscripts in European Archives relating to America, 1773-1783.
This collection contains many important references to the loyalists of New York. In Columbia University library, and in the state library at Albany, N. Y.
Transcript of the manuscript Books and Papers of the Commission of En- quiry into the Losses and Services of the American Loyalists held under Acts of Parliament of 23, 25, 26, 28 and 29 of George III., preserved amongst the Audit Office Records in the Public Record Office of England, 1783-1790.
This is the most valuable and most complete collection of material con- cerning the loyalists now open to students. These papers include appli- cations, memorials and petitions of the loyalists to the British government for aid and compensation. They show the loyalty, the services and the losses in real and personal estate of the loyalists. They give the examina- tions and decisions on claims for temporary relief. They contain the minutes of the commissioners on loyalists' claims in England and in America, and also the determinations of the commissioners. These papers give the first public view of authentic and official information regarding the loyalists. Until this transcript was inade, the British government held these documents to be strictly private. The collection is very rich in biographical material likewise. Volumes 1-13, 17-24, and 29-31, 33, 34, 41-46, deal with New York loyalists. This valuable material is in the Lenox Library in New York city. .
Proceedings before the commissioners, Pemberton and Dundas, between 1786 and 1788, at St. John's, Halifax and Montreal. 34 vols.
These are evidently the rough minutes of the commissioners, which were afterwards transcribed, and the transcripts deposited in the Public Record Office in England. These volumes are in the Congressional Library at Washington, D. C.
2. PRINTED.
The printed original sources consulted are known, for the most part, and need not be discussed at great length. Only the most important will be given.
I. PAMPHLETS.
Chandler, A Friendly Address to all Reasonable Americans.
Chandler, What Think Ye of Congress Now ?
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Cooper, The American Querist ; or Some Questions Proposed Relative to the Present Disputes between Great Britain and her American Colonies, 1774.
Cooper, A Friendly Address to all Reasonable Americans on the Subject of our Political Confusions, 1774.
Cooper, A sermon preached before the University of Oxford, Dec. 13, 1776. Inglis, Plain Truth, Addressed to the Inhabitants of America.
Inglis, Additions to Plain Truth.
Inglis, The True Interest of America Impartially Stated in Certain Stric- tures on a Pamphlet entitled Common Sense, 1776.
Inglis, Letters of Papinian in which the Conduct, Present State and Pros- pects of the American Congress are examined.
Observations on the fifth article of the Treaty with America and on the neces- sity of appointing a Judicial Enquiry into the Merits and Losses of the American Loyalists. Printed by order of their Agents, 1783.
This pamphlet states the case of the loyalists in 1783. It is in the Lenox Library, New York city.
Case and claim of the American loyalists impartially stated and considered, 1783.
This is in the Lenox Library, New York city.
The case of the Right Rev. Charles Inglis against the U. S., 1799. This is in the Lenox Library, New York city.
The Loyal or Revolutionary Tory : being some Reflections on the Principles and Conduct of the Tories. London, 1783.
Seabury, Free Thoughts on the Proceedings of the Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia, Sept. 4, 1774.
Seabury, The Congress Canvassed; or, An Examination into the Conduct of the Delegates, at their Grand Convention held in Philadelphia, Sept., 1774.
Seabury, A View of the Controversy between Great Britain and her Colonies. Seabury, An Alarm to the Legislature of the Province of New York, occa- sioned by the present Political Disturbances in North America. New York, 1775.
Wilkins, My Services and Losses in Aid of the King's Cause during the American Revolution. Ed. by Paul L. Ford, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1890.
These pamphlets set forth the attitude of the extreme loyalists, and are essential to a right comprehension of their position. They show the heart and brain of the genuine tory in the early part of the contest. The four- teen pamphlets of Joseph Galloway, of Pennsylvania, and those of other loyalists, a description of which may be found in Tyler, Lit. His. of Am. Rev., supplement these of the loyalists of New York.
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2. NEWSPAPERS.
Bradford's New York Gazette, 1725-1740.
This paper was inclined to champion the "court party."
Zenger's New York Weekly Journal, 1733-1744.
This journal was founded to oppose the administration of Governor Cosby and consequently reflects the opinions of the popular party.
Gaine's New York Mercury, or New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury (1763), 1752-1783.
This paper was on the patriot side when the revolution began, but it changed to a loyalist sheet upon the arrival of the British in 1776, and was devoted to the crown throughout the war. It is a good reflection of the loyalists' views and acts.
Holt's New York Journal, or General Advertiser, 1766-1785.
Holt edited the first Whig newspaper in New York city, and it was con- sistent throughout the whole struggle. In 1776 it removed to Kingston, and in 1777 to Poughkeepsie. It gives an account of the loyalists from a whig standpoint.
Rivington's New York Gazette, or the Connecticut, New Jersey, Hudson's River and Quebec Weekly Advertiser, or New York Loyal Gazette (1776), or New York Royal Gazette, 1733-1787.
From the first this journal took the royal side. Its extreme toryism led to its destruction by a whig mob in 1775. Rivington went to England to secure a new press, and when the British were in possession of New York city he returned and served as the royal printer throughout the revolution. His paper was the official organ of loyalism, and set forth its extreme views.
Other papers were printed in New York city during the revolution, but they throw little additional light on the loyalist party. Gaine, Holt and Rivington give three different pictures of loyalism, and are very valuable to a proper understanding of the movement. These papers are in the Lenox Library and the New York Historical Society Library in New York city.
3. MEMOIRS, DIARIES, ETC.
Curwen, Journal and Letters. Edited by Ward in 1842.
This is the journal of a loyalist who lived in England from 1775 to 1784, and which, consequently, depicts loyalism from that point of view.
Hutchinson, Diary and Letters.
He was the loyalist governor of Massachusetts, and discussed loyalism from the standpoint of a royal officer true to the crown.
Jay, Correspondence and Public Papers. Edited by Henry P. Johnson. 4 vols. This collection gives the attitude of a moderate whig toward the loyalists.
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Jones, History of New York during the Revolution. 2 vols.
{This is the work of a partisan, who gives an excellent picture of the revolution from the standpoint of a stern loyalist, but who is unreliable in many of his facts. The appendix by Edward F. De Lancey is particularly valuable.
Moore, Diary of the American Revolution. 2 vols.
This is a collection of material from the newspapers of the revolution, and has much good material pertaining to the loyalists.
Morris, Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris.
This gives the attitude of a conservative whig towards the loyalists.
Simcoe, A Journal of the Operations of the Queen's Rangers from the ena of the year 1777 to the conclusion of the American war.
Smith, History of New York.
This work covers the colonial period from the bias of the Presbyterian party.
Wilmot, Historical View of the Commission for Enquiring into the Losses, Services, and Claims of the American Loyalists. London, 1815.
This is the best discussion of the method England took to compensate the loyalists for their losses.
4. ARCHIVES AND COLLECTIONS.
Brymner, Canadian Archives, 1883-1889. 8 vols.
These archives are especially rich in material on the migration, settle- ment and compensation of loyalists.
Calander of historical manuscripts relating to the war of the Revolution. 2 vols.
This contains credentials of delegates, election returns, military returns, petitions, association papers and other valuable material arranged in chro- nologic order.
Calendar of New York historical manuscripts. vol. 2.
This gives a digest of much useful matter between 1664 and 1776.
Collections of the New York Historical Society.
This collection contains much material pertaining to the loyalists. The Colden papers are especially valuable.
De Peyster and Stone, Orderly Book of Sir John Johnson.
This is an excellent defence of Sir John Johnson and the Mohawk loyalists.
Documentary History of the State of New York, by O'Callaghan. 4 vols.
There are some documents of value relating to loyalism in this work.
Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New York. 15 vols.
This work is full of material revealing the tendencies toward loyalism
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in colonial New York and also contains considerable matter on the revo- lutionary period.
Force, American Archives.
This work is very valuable for the history of the loyalists from 1774 to 1777.
Journals of the American Congress, 1774-1788.
Journal of the New York Provincial Convention and Congress.
Journal of the New York Assembly.
Memoirs of the Long Island Historical Society.
New York City during the Revolution.
Onerdonk, Queens County Incidents.
Onerdonk, Revolutionary Incidents in Queens, Suffolk and Kings counties.
II. SECONDARY SOURCES.
Every secondary source, which would throw light upon the New York loyalists, was examined so far as known. The general histories of New York, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Canada were examined, but proved to be of little use. The local histories of these regions, on the contrary, often furnished valuable in- formation. Conspicuous among these numerous works is Dawson, Westchester County. Some biographies like Van Schaack, Lije of Peter Van Schaack and Leake, Life of John Lamb, have proved helpful. Sabine, Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution, has been particularly valuable. Ryerson, Loyalists of America, has also rendered some assistance. So numerous were the secondary sources consulted, and so comparatively small was their contribution to the subject, that there would be little propriety in appending a list of them here.
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