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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I

Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886. Passage 1923 of 4798 260 words

They were in these words:

" Whereas, there are sundry disaffected and dan- " gerous persons, in the Counties of Dutchess and " Westchester, who do now greatly disturb the peace " of the said Counties, and will most probably take up " arms, whensoever the enemy shall make a descent " upon this Colony, to the great annoyance of the said " Counties, in particular, and of othei-s the good peo- " pie of this Colony :

" And WHEREAS, by reason of the several drafts " which have been made in the said Counties, accord- " ing to the late recommendation of the Continental "Congress, the Jlilitia thereof are rendered incapable " of keeping peace and order in the said Counties, " without great inconvenience to themselves and much " injury to and neglect of their private property ; and, " iniusmuch as the interest of this Colony may be ma- "terially adected by any dissentions which may pre- "vail in tlu sai<I Counties, while the Continental "troops are engaged in the defence of those Counties j "more immediately expr)sed to the inroads of the " enemy : therefore

" Rrsolved, That one hundreil men, Officers in- " eluded, be raised in Dutchess-county, and that fifty " men, Ollicers included, be raised in Westchester- " county, and taken into the pay and service of this " Congress, and confined to the service of those Coun- " ties, and to continue in pay until the first day of

1 Journid of the ProviucUtl Congress^ "Friday afternuon, June '21, 1770.'*

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