History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I

After the protestants bad thus peacefully left the Courthouse, the Meeting returned to the business for the transaction of which it had been convened and organized ; and the question was submitted, by the Chairman, " Whether they would appoint Depu- " ties for this County, to meet the D(!])uties of the " other Counties, at the City of New York, on the "twentieth of April instant, for the purpose of " electing Delegates to represent this Colony in the "General Congress, to be held at Philadelphia, on

3 There ig very little diflerence, concomiDg what occurred In the Courtroom, in the narrative drawn up by Lewis Morris and in that portion of the Piohsl which relates to that subject ; and both are referred to, fi8 authorities, for what has been said, in the te.xt, relative thereto. Concerning what was done, elsewhere, by the protestants, after they had left the Courthouse, the Protett is our auflicient authority.

HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

" the tenth day of May next." By an unanimous vote, it determined to do so ; and it then appointed, also without opposition. Colonel Lewis Morris and Doctor Robert Graham -- the latter a kinsman of the former -- both of Westchester ; Stephen Ward, of Eastchester ; Colonel James Holmes and Jonathan Piatt, of Bedford; John Thomas, Junior, of Rye; and Samuel Drake and Philip Van Cortlandt, both of the Maner of Cortlandt ; a majority of whom was authorized to represent the County, and to cast the Vote of the County, in the proposed Convention. '