Philip Piiikney,' " (who had given very full information, to some of the " Committee, of the plot, and had offered to swear to " it, provided he was brought by the tJommitiee by " an ap])earance of force, and had engaged not to be " out of the way.) uj)on boing sent for, by some of tlie " guard attending the Cominittee, was not to be " found ; whereupon some of the Committee, by order " of the whole, waited upon Mr. Pinkuey, who, after " refusing to come before the Committee, and after a " great deal of e(iuivocation, made the enclosed affi- " davit, before a Magistiate, which we have reason to " think is not the whole truth ; for which reasons we
1 Juunud of the Provincial Congress, " Die Martis, 9 ho., A.M., October "24th, 1775."
2 There is not the slightest mention of this evidently tricky Pliilip, in any of the conteinporiiry records with whicli we have any iicquaintance, except in this instance; and we snspect he was dial lo.valist, Philip, who fled to Nova Scotia, at tlie close of tlie War, of wlioni Bolton made mention. He was evidently well-fitted fi>r a "Cow-boy;" and, very probably, he was one.
Bolton, in his Hialury of Weslcheater cuwdy, (original edition, i., 1S5, lfi6 ; the same, second edition, i., 248, 249,) gave a sketch and pedigree of the family.
" refer you to Colonel Budd^ and Mr. Gill. Budd " Horton,* with whom Mr. Pinkney has conversed.