1 Journal of the Provincial Conyrets, " Die Martis, P.M., May 28, 1776 ;" the sa7ne, " Die Jovis, 9 ho., A.M., May 30, 1776 ; " Oie snme, " Die Martis, " 9 ho., A.M., June 4, 1776 ; " the same, " Die Jovis, 9 ho., A.M., June "6, 1776 ;" etc.

'^Journal ofthePiovincial Congress, "DieLitDse, 4 ho., P.M.. June 3, "1776;" the same, "Die Jovis, 9 ho., A.M., June C, 1776;" the same, "Thursday morning, June 20, 1776;" the same, "Friday afternoon, "June 21, 1776 ;" etc.

2 Henry Dawkins, accused of counterfeiting, was ironed so heavily, u-Uhin the priimi, tliat he was reported to have been " injured by his irons "so that his legs swell ; " and Henry Youngs, accused of the same offense, also confined in the Jail, was so much injured by the irons with which he was additionally secured, that it became necessary to remove them. [Jounitil of the ProrincUtl Congress, "Friday morning. 9 ho., A.M., ".Tune, 1776;" the same, "Tuesday morning, New Tork, June 11, "1776.")

* About the middle of June, 1776, mobs were raised by John Lasher, John and Joshua Hett Smith, Peter Van Zandt, and other leaders of the extreme revolutionary faction, in the City of New York, by whom several citizens who were of the Opposition, but not of the Rebellion, were seized by these revolutionary " patriots," who placed them on "sharp "rails," andcarrieil them on men's shoulders, around the City, amidst the huzzas of the mob. The progrei^s of one of these parties was said to have been stopped by General Putnam ; but not until the victim had sustained seriotis injuries, (Jones's History rif ^iew YorTi during the Uevolvtionary War, i., 101-103; de Lancey's Notes on Jones's UUti>ry, i., 596-598.)