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.""

As the period of time which is now under review \_Nove7Hber 4, 1775, until May 14, 1776,] included the later Autumn, the Winter, and the Spring, the farmers of Westchester-county, as far as they were permitted to do so, undoubtedly pursued their usual vocations, with their usual diligence and quietness -- they certainly harvested their various agricultural productions, and marketed the surplus of their crops,''^

'"With many, the principal inducement to enlist arises from the "hopes of C;ish." -- Abraham Yales, Junior, Chairman, to the Committee of Safely, " ALB.^NY Committee Cii.vmbeu, llth April, 1776."

i^Iu Orange-county, "none but the lowerclassof mankind will enlist; "and these were conceived not to be the men to be depended on," {Elihu Marvin, Chairman, to the Provincial Congress, "In County Com- "mittee, Oxporu, Feb. 1.'), 1776.") In Duchess-county, enlistments could be made only on the stipulation that the men thus enlisted should not be required to do service outside of the Colony of New York, (Xepheniah Plait, Chairman, to the Provincial Congress, " Povgiikeepsie, Feb. 9, " 1770.") In Alb,iny-county, the recruiting-officers " found great diffi- "culties for want of money," {The Albany Committee tu the Committee of Safely, "Ai.n.iNV, 2 April, 1770.") The enlistments were so lew in number, in Queens-county, that the recruiting-officers abandoned the undertaking, {Journal of the Cmmittee of Safety, " Die Mercurii, 10 ho., " A.M., May 8, 1776.") In the City of New York, the success was lo email that the recruiting-officers were dismissed, " with great re- " luctance," and their several recruits consolidated, {Journal of the I^ovincial Congress, " Die Jovis, 9 ho., A.M., May 9, 1776.")