^ Minutesof the Netv York Committee of Correspondence. IMonday, 5Iay 19, 1774 ; Lieutenant-governor Colden to Gorernor Tryon, " Sprino Hill, "31st May, 1774 ; " the same lo the Earl of Dartmouth, " New York, 1st "June, 1774;" Gonveni'-vr Morris to Mr. Penn, " New York, May 20, " 1774;" Joneses Histori/ of Xew York dtirimj the lierolutionart/ War, i., 34 ; etc.

- "Sam. Francis," at that time and during many years subsequently, was a noted restaurali ur, known to and resijectej by every one, of every sect and party, in the City of New Yorli, during tlu' Intercolonial period, during the entire War, and after the restoration of Peace.

" Francis's Tavern," where this Caucus was held, had been, at an earlier period, the residence of the De Lancey Family. It was built in 1701, by Etienne De Lancey, on a lot of ground which Stephanus Van C'ortlandt had given to his daughter, Anne, when, in the preceding year, that lady was married to Jlr. De Lancey; and it is still standing on the northea-stern corner of Broad and Pearl-streets, the oldest building in the City of New York.

" Francis's Long-room," in which this Caucus was held, subsequently became more famous than it had previously beeTi, Ijecause it was the room iu which the Officers of the Army of the Revolution assembled, on Thursday, the fourth of December, 1783, after the enemy had evacuated the City and the Peace had been entirely established, to take their final leave of their illustrious Chief ; and from which, accompanied by his sorrowful friends -- " a solemn, mute, and mournful procession, with " heads hanging down and dejected countenances " -- he walked, directly, to Whitehall-slip, and was rowed, thence, to Powle's Hook, now Jei-sey City, on his way to Annapolis, to which place the Congress had adjourned, to resign the Command of the Army, with which he had been invested, in 1773. -- (Gordon's Hislori/ of the H'nr of the Revolution, iv., 38.3, 384; Marshall's Life of WashinQlou, (I'hila.