History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
The tiles of that Congress, which are preserved in the otlico of the Secretary of State, at Albany, show, however, that the only Counties or Towns which made any Returns of .Vssociatore, in response to this Ue.^olution, were Orange, l ister, Suffolk, Duchess, one District in Charlotte, three Districts in Cumberland, and a few .scattering names, not more than fifty, in yneens ; but there is no such Keturn Irom Wcsti liester couiity ; there is no such Keturn among the archives of the County, in tlu' office of the County-clerk ; and we have faileil to And anything resembling such a lieturn, in the ollices of the Town-ch rks, in the several Towns.
The signer of the following, which was sent from .\nii-nia, in Duchess-county, is clas,-i*'d among the " 3 Tories" of that "Precinct: '
"Juneyo f"". A'' H?.'). This may sertyfy all \h'\m'\ wliome It may " cornsern that I the Svliscriln'r am willing to do what is best and " Wright to secure the priviligs of a niariga both sivel ami sjicnd iiiid to " follow the iulvi.se of our K<'verend l ongres so far iu< they do the woni " of Ciod and the e.\z;imi>le of ,Iesvs Christ and I 1io|k' in the grace of (iml " uo more will l>e rei|uired, as witness my hand,
"John G.»iin8kv."
*See the Resolution> of the Provincial Congress, [Wge 270, ante.
" See the general Cin-nlar Letter of the Congress, on this page, ante.
The same declamtioii, more distinctly nttereil, may !«• s<H-n in the l^-Uer of thr l*ruvi»ri'il Cnwjrriw t<> ChriMn^thrr Ynh-ii mnt Mtijnr Yf lli^ Foiw/'i, of Trifm-vmnlii ; in thnt fr*>m thf mint*' In O'lnm l Jtitii*'M Iti^jt-r^, nl Kvnt, ill Citmherhintl-raunty ; and ill thnt fmm l/w lutrnf to ./(i#-o/i lUiUr y find Colonel /V/en», »i/ tSloiicfnttrr-cimnltf -- all of them dateil "In Phovin- "ci.\L CosiiiFjw, Nrw York, the :i1b1 May, 177.>."