"A number of gentlemen from different districts in " the county of Westchester having this day met at " the White Plains to Consider of the most proper " method of taking the Sense of the Freeholders, of " the Said County, upon the Expediency of choosing " Dei)uties to meet the Deputies of the other Coun- " ties, for the purpose of Electing delegates to repre- " sent this Colony in the General Congress to be held " at Philadelphia on the 10th of May next, are of " opinion that the best way of proceeding for that " purpose, will be to have a general Meeting of the " Freeholders of the Said County.

" As this County is very Extensive we take the " liberty of recommending the meeting to be held at " the White Plains on Tuesday the 11th day of April " next at ten o'clock in the forenoon at the Court " House, and therefore do desire you, to give notice " of the Same to all the freeholders in your district, " without exception, as those who do not appear and " vote on that day, will be presumed to acquiesce in " the Sentiment of the majority of those who vote.

" We are &c." ^

There can be no good reason for supposing that that Caucus failed to employ the best means which it could control, to secure the attendance, at the appointed place, on the appointed day, and at the designated hour, of all those of the farmers of the County of Westchester, whom it supj)osed to have been friendly to the Morris family, and who were willing or who could be induced to accept the head of that wealthy and aristocratic, but really unpopular, family, as their political leader -- to that family, the slake was a very important one ; and, to secure that stake, it played desperately.