" We, the Subscribers, Freeholders and Inhabitants " of the Town of Rye, in the County of Westchester, "being much concerned with the unhappy Situation "of public Affairs, think it our Duty to our King and "Country, to Declare that we have not been con- " cerned in any Resolutions entered into or Measures " taken, with regard to the Disputes at present sub- "sisting with the Mother Country; we also testify " our dislike to many hot and furious Proceedings, iu " consequence of said Disputes, which we think are " more likely to ruin this once happy Country, than " remove Grievances, if any there are.

" We also declare our great Desire and full Reso- " lution to live and die peaceable Subjects to our " Gracious Sovereign, King George the Third, and his " Laws.

" Isaac Gidney, "Abraham Wetmore, " John Collum, "Henry Bird,

William Armstrong, James Hains, Thomas Thaell, Dennis Larv,

* liielnillnn's yetv-Yerk Gczetteer, No. 7S, New-Tork, Thursday, October 13, 1774.

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1774-1783.

" Robert Merrit,

" Roger Merrit,

" Isaac Anderson,

"John Willis,

" Neheniiah Sherwood,

" William Crocker,

"Andrew Carhart,

" Seth Purdy,

" Disbury Park,

" Major James Horton,

" Nathaniel Siiiffen,

" Sol. Gidney,

" Bartholomew Hains,

" Gilbert Hains,

" Joshua Purdy,

" James Wetmore,

" William Brown,

" Joseph Purdy,

"Jonathan Budd,

" Ebenezer Brown, Jun.,

" Henry Slater,

"Andrew Kniffen,

"Thomas Wilson,

Roger Purdy, Gilbert Brundige, Joseph Clark, James Gedney, James Purdy, John Adee, Nathaniel Purdy, Joseph Wilson, Benjamin Willson, James Hart, Silemon Halsted, James Budd, Thomas Kniffen, Gilbert Merrit, Esq. John Carhart, Israel Seaman, William Hall, Capt. Abraham Bush, Andrew Lion, James Jamisson, Thomas Brown, Gilbert Thaell, Jun., Joseph Merrit, Jun.,