History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
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.
3 Holt's yeu-York Journal, No. 1G34, New-York, Thursday, April 28, 1774 ; Gaine's Xeic-York Gazette and Mercury, No. 1174, New-York, Monday, .\pril 25, 1774 ; Lieutenant-governor Colden to the Earl of Dartmouth, "New-York, 4th May, 1774," and the enclosure therein ; the same to Gov-
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1774-1783.
ary honors which, in the interest of the commercial classes, it had again secured.' The master-si)irits of
ernor Trijo*. "Xew York, 4th May, 1774 ;" Dunlap's York, i., 452, 453 ; Leake's Lamb, 82-84 ; Dawson's Pari and its Vicinily, 3(1, 31 ; Hildreth's fnited Slulet, iii., 31.
Notwithstanding the greater significance of the cpposition of Xew York to tlio Tea-tax, wjiich was seen in the resolute refusal to allow the storm-shattered .Vmicj to enter the harbor; in the examination of the cargo of the London, and the open destruction of her concealed Tea, in the light of day, by known men who saw no reason for disguising themselves ; and in the return of the Xancy, to England, by the Commilteo who had taken possession of her, at Sandy Hook ; it has been the custom of Xew England writers to withhold w hatever of honor or dishonor there was in those doings of the party of tlie Opposition, in New York, while the less significant "tea-party " of Boston has been elaborately presented as a feat of great daring and of the highest grade of patriotism.