Hastening to the wharf, on the East River, the starved fugitive, from whom all food and drink had been withheld for more than a week," he " impressed," if he did not steal, a boat ; and found refuge and food on board of

official and personal leanings were toward the Livingstons rather than toward the rivals of the latter, the De Lancoys, who had previously occupied the nearest place to the throne, in the Colony ; and, especially, since the Delegate referred to was, by marriage, a member of the Livingston family.

The Memorandum which the Governor Is said to have subsequently stated " was the gruuud nf niy subsequent conduct in removing on Board "the Packet," {Governor Tryon to the Earl of Dartmouth, " Os uoard the " Dutchess of Gordo.n New York 11 th Nov 177-5,") bears, on its face, the date when he is said to have received it -- " Mem. Rec' from N York : "the best authority Nov 2 1775 W T." -- and it may have been sent to him by Egbert Duniont, as stated b}' Judge Jones and his commentator ; but, when it was siiid to have been received, the Governor had surely been on the Halifax or on the Ductless of Gordon, more than a fortnight.

The name of the real author of that Memorandum, on which Governor Tryon is inconsistently said to have placed so much dependence, and the purpose for which it was transmitted to him. after he had been roamed of his danger and had seatred his safety, are questions which need not be discussed, in this place.