"carried the sanie to one, .lohn Cock, of the Vonkei's, in said County, I "and asked the said John Cock to sign the siinie ; he, the said .lohn "Cork taking the jien in his hand uttered the following words: ' I sign "'this with my hand, but not with my heart, for I would not have " ' signed it li.id it iKit been for my wife and family's sake : ' and this he "several times rt'peated in the hearing of him the Deponent. Arid " further the Deponent Kiith not.

" Wll.J.HM IlADI Ey.

, "Sworn the nth Sept., 177.'>,

" before me, I " Gii.BT Drake."

* Vole* iif the MilUia Embodyed, etc. -- JtiMorieal Mann»cript', etc., MUi- ; litiy llelurm, xxvi., 23; xxvii., 263.

s LetUr from fiUbert Drake, Chairman, to John H'lring, Chairman of tlie OmmUlee of Safely, nt Neir i'ork; " Wiin e-Plaixs, .Sept. 11th, 1775."'

0 Journal of the Commillee of .i^ifety, "Die Lunse, 9 ho., .\.M., .Septeni- "berlB, n-.l."

j The Petition thus presented has been preserved ; and the following I has been copied from it-- Ki«torieoi Manuscriptt, etc., PetHionf, xxxi., 101.

1 "To THE Hovb'' The Pbovi.kciai, Conobess or the Province of Sew I "York in the Cm or New York CoxveniI -- Ob in their Reces.«, I " To THE HoxciM' The Committee or Saftet.

' "The Honorable Petition of the Inhabitants of the Precinct of the I "lower Y'oukers in the County of Wejitchester Humbly Sheweth :