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.")

Governor Tryon to the Earl of Dartmouth, No. 22, "On Bo.\RD the "Ship Dutchess of Gordon New York H.\rbour, 6th Deer., 1776."

^- Journal of the Provincial Congress, " Die Jovis, 3 ho., P. 31., December "14, 1775;" ««m«, " Die Veneris, 10 ho., A.M., Deer. 15, 1775;" Wie eam«, " Die Mercurii, 10 ho., A.M., Feb. 21, 1770;" (Ac soni«', " Die " Lunte, 3 lio., P.M., March 4, 1776 ; " the same, " Die Mercurii, 10 ho., "A.M., March 13, 1776 ;" Journal of the Committee of Safety, "i ho., "P.M., Feb. 10, 1776;" the same, "Die Luna;, 10 ho., A.M.," and "4 "ho., P.M.," " March 18, 1776 ;" the same, "Die MercHrii,4 ho., P.M., "April 17, 1776; " etc.