" ' God save great George our King, "'Long live our noble King, &c.' " At their return, finding that many of their friends 'had arrived during their absence, and that many ' still kept coming in, they proceeded to draw up, and ' sign the following declaration, which they seemed to ' do with as much patriotic zeal, as ever warmed the 'hearts of true and faithful subjects, and afterwards ' dispersed to their different habitations. ' ' TTTE the subscribers, freeholders and inhabitants YV of the county of Westchester, having assem- ' ' bled at the White Plains, in consequence of certain ' ' advertisements, do now declare, that we met here to ' ' express our honest abhorrence of all unlawful con- ' ' gresses and committees, and that we are determined ' ' at the hazard of our lives and properties, to sup- ' ' port the King and Constitution, and that we ac- ' ' knowledge no representatives but the General ' ' Assembly, to whose wisdom and integrity we sub- ' ' mit the guardianship of our rights and privileges. ' ' Frederick Philipse, Jacob Post,

'' Isaac AVilkins, Joseph Gidney,

' ' Samuel Seabury, James Baxter,

' ' Luke Babcock, John Hart,

' ' Jonathan Fowler, Judge, Cornelius Losee, ' ' Caleb Fowler, Judge, Jesse Park, ' 'Jonathan P. Horton, Esq ; Roger Purdy, jun.

' ' William Sutton, Esq. ;

' ' Daniel Oakly, Esq. ;

' ' Benjamin Fowler, Esq. ;