History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
An evident danger silenced those who, under other circumstances, would, probably, have favored the employment of other and more direct means: wise counsels prevailed among those who were thus considering in what manner the evidently rising power and audacity of the unfranchised and revolutionary masses could be controlled, without disturbing the peace of the City and the Colony: and it was determined, with much shrewdness, to resort to "art," at the earliest favorable opportunity, for the accomplishment of their well-concealed purposes.' Such an opportunity as was desired for the purposes referred to, was very soon afforded.
The tea-laden Xuncy, Captain Lockyer, had been turned back to Europe, without having been permitted to enter the harbor ; ' the cargo of the London, Captain Chambers, had been overhauled, inWhitehallslip, in open day, by men wearing no disguises; and eighteen chests of Tea, which had been concealed in her hold, had been emptied into the East-river ; and the populace was quietly leposing on the revolution-
1 .\Uhough there is abundant evi'Ience to support this statement, it has been sn completely and so graphically presented by Gouvcrneur Morris, in a letter addressed to 3Ir. Penn, whicli will be printed, /h exteiifo^ on page 12-32, post, that no other is regarded as necessary, in this place.
- Holt's -VfiD -York Jotimo!, No. ItS^i, Kew-Yobk, Thursday, April 21, and Xo. 1G34, Xew-Youk, Thui-sday, April 28, ITTl; Gaine's Neiv-Ynrk Gazette mid Mercury, No. 1174, NEW-YoitK, Monday, April 25, 1774 ; Lieuteimnt-ffovfnior CoUlen to the Earl of iHtrtmouth, *'New York, 4th '* May, 1774," and the eitdomre therein ; the same to Governor Tnjon, "New " Y'oRK, 4th May, 1774 ; " Dunlap's Historij of the Seio Netherlands, Province of Xew York, n lid Slate of Sen; York, i., 452, 453; Leake'8 Memoir of the Li fe and Times of General John Lamb, 81-84 ; Dawson's I7/« Purland its Vicinit)/, in the City of Sew York, 20-31 ; Graham's History of the United States, iv , 329 ; Hiklreth s History of the IMited States, iii., 31 ; Gordon's History of the American Revotiition, i., 332-3.34 ; etc.