He thinks he can give a good account " of his conduct, such as would satisfj' reasonable " and candid men. He is certain that nothing can " be laid to his charge so repugnant to the regula- " tions of the Congress, as the conduct of those " people who in an arbitrary and hostile manner " forced him from his house, and have kept him now "four weeks a prisoner without any means or pros - " pect of relief. He has a higher opinion of the " candor, justice, and equity of the Honorable House " of Assembly, and shall they incline to inquire more " minutely into the affair, he would be glad to ap- " pear at the bar of their house, and answer for him- "self; or to be permitted to have counsel to answer' " for him ; or, in such way as they in their wisdom "shall think best, to grant him relief. And your " Memorialist, as in duty bound, shall ever pray.

" Samuel Seabuky.

" Dated in New Haven the 20th day of Decem- "ber, 1775."

Three days after this spirited Memorial was written -- there is no record that it was ever laid before a General Assembly ' -- as the brave Memorialist subse-

3 We are not insensible of the fact that Hiuman, in his Historical Collections of the part svMaiiied bif Omnecticut daring the War of the Hevoluti/m, {page 548,) stated that Samuel Seabury " brought his petition on the "20th day of December, 1776,* to the General .Xssembly of Connecticut, " then sitting at New Haven ; " and, further, {page 551,) that " the peti- "tion, in the Assembly, was referred to a Joint Committee of the two " Houses, with William Samuel Johnson, Esq., as Chairman, who re- " ported that a letter had been received from the President of the New " York Congress, on the subject ; and that to answer said letter, a pub- " lie hearing should be had before both Houses of said .\ssembly." We arc not insensible, also, that Mr.