See, also, the Order of the Provincial Congress to the male Refugees, to return Ui the Cily -- Journal of the Provincial Congress, " Die Veneris, 10 "ho., A.M., May 10, 1770 ;" Memorial of the Vestry of the CUy to the Provincitd Congress, May 30, 1776 ; etc.

' William Smith, Chairman, to the Committee of Safely, "Suffolk- " COUNTY, Jany 24, 1776;"

^Governor Tryon to the Earl of Dartmouth, No. 22, "On Bo.^rd the "Ship Ditchess of Gordon New York H.vrbour, 6th Deer. 1775 ;" the nme. No. 25, "On Board the Ship Dutuuess of Gordon New York "Harbovr, 3d Janry 1776;" etc.

in what was circulated as money,' were led to enlist in the short-term levies which then constituted the Continental Army, carrying into that service no greater symj)athy for the Rebellion than they- had previously possessed, and discharging the duties which were thus imposed on them, with perfect unconcern and with no greater animus than was produced by the expectation of receiving the stijiulated payment for the services which were j)romised. Indeed, the extent and character of the sympathy with the Rebellion, as a matter of principle, which prevailed among the Colonists, generally, may be seen, very clearly defined, in their hesitation t) take the field in support of it, even where no enemy was and where none was expected,*" and in their precision of movements, homeward, when the terms of service of those who had been induced to enlist had expired. There appears to have been a foundation in fact for what Governor Tryon wrote to the Home Government, that " was it not from the awe of the inhabit- " ants of the neighboring Colonies and the controul- "ing influence of the Continental Congress I am per- " suaded there would be an immediate End, in this ■' province, to all Committees and Congresses.""