History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
The procession moved through nearly every street in the Town, stopping at every corner, in order that the crowds might gaze on the victims and jeer at and insult them ; and, after having quartered the latter, at their own expense, at one of the Taverns, the successful banditti, sustained by what there was of the ignorance and lawlessness of the New Haven of that period, spent the remainder of the day in "festivity and innocent mirth.'"
The principal portion of the bitterness of the banditti appears to have been bestowed on Mr. Seabury -- indeed, there was wisdom in that discrimination, since Judge Fowler and Mayor Underbill were differently constituted men, more easily intimidated and, therefore, more pliable than he, and very soon recanted and were dismissed from their confinement'^ --
'"On their way home they disarmed all the tories that lay on their "route ; an<l yesterday [November 28,] arrived here, escorted by great " number of gentlemen from the westward, the whole making a very " grand procession. Upon their entrance into town, they were saluted " with the discharge of two cannon, and received by the inhabitants with "every mark of approbation and respect. The company divided into " two parts and concluded the daj* in festivity and innocent mirth. "Captain Sears returned in company with the other gentlemen, and *' proposes to spend the winter here, unless publick business should ro- " quire his presence in New-York. -- Seabury, Underbill, and Fowler, " three of the dastardly protestors against the proceedings of the Conti- " nental Congress, and who it is believed had concerted a plan for kid- " napping Captain Sears, and conveying him on board the Asia man-of- " war, are (with the types and arms) siifely lodged in this town, Whore " it is expected Lord Underbill will have leisure to form the scheme of "a lucrative lottery, the tickets of which cannot be counterfeited ; and " Parson Seabury sufficient time to compose sermons for the next Conti- " nental fast."-- (The Connecticut Journal, No. 424, [New IIaven,] Wednesday, November 29, 1775.)