We have determined ' him to be disigualified for a Commission, nut only because at the time " of his signing the AmiciiiUim he declared it to be an involuntary act, but "also bocaiise he lias spoke most contemptuously ol the Provincial Con- " greas. .\nil in order that the other Officers in the Company may have "a chance of promotion, which cannot be dune acconling to the letter of "the Mililui HnjiilaliiiK, you are hereby desired t'> cause a now Electior. "to be nuuli? of all the Oflicers of the t\)mpany, pursuant to the said " Uegnluiimi, taking care to give public notice that the said John Cocks " cannot be admitted to any office whatsoever.

" We are respectfully. Gentlemen, " Your very humble Servants, " By order of the Committee of Safety, " JoUN IIakivo, Chiiinimn.

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HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

the passions of those who were loyal to the universally recognized Sovereign and obedient to the public Laws of the land, than to soothe them. But the farmers of the County were generally peaceable men, preferring to endure a wrong instead of resenting and resisting it by force; and they appear to have generally proceeded, therefore, to the election of Officers, in the reorganized Militia of the County, with much unanimity and general good feeling. The first to respond to the call of the Provincial Congress, by the election of its Militia Officers, was the Borough Town of Westchester, where, on the twenty-fourth of August, John Oakley was elected to the command of the local Company, * with Nicholas Berrian, for its First Lieutenant ; ^ Isaac Leggett, for its Second Lieutenant ; and Frederic Philipse Stevenson, for its Ensign. '■' Subsequently, when West Farms and the Manor of Fordham were separated from the body of the Town and made a separate and distinct Beat, Nicholas Berrian was elected to the command of the new Company, with Gilbert Taylor, for its First Lieutenant; Daniel Devoe, for its Second Lieutenant; and Benjamin Valentine, for its Ensign. *