The Minutes of the Committee also indicate that on the twenty-seventh of June, 1776, an Order was made by that body, " That Summonses issue against the " following persons as inimical to ,the Cause and "rights of America, returnable on Wednesday the " third day of July next at ten o'clock in the forenoon " of the same day, viz : Frederick Philipse and " Samuel Merritt, which said Summonses signed by " all the members present af were delivered to the "Secretary with directions to deliver them to the " messenger to be served."'

The Summons thus issued was served on Frederic Philipse, at Philipsborough, the present City of Yonkers, on Saturday evening, the twenty-ninth of June ; and, on the following Tuesday, [July 2, 1776,] he made the following reply to the Committee :

1 Vide page 254, ante.

2 List of WeatcJiester County Tories : Historical Manuscripts, etc. ; Miscellaneous Papers, xxxiv., 193.

3 Vide pages 344-347, ante

* Minutes of the Committee to Detect Conspiracies, "Die Sabbati, 12 ho., "June 15, 1775:" Historical Manuscripts, etc., Miscellaneous Papers, xxxiv., 307, and xxx., 150.

^Minutes of the Committee to Detect Conspiracies, "Thursday, A.M., *' June 27, 1776 : " Historical Manuscripts, etc., Miscellaneous Papers, xxxT., 485.

"Philipsborough, July 2, 1776.

" Gentlemen :

" I was served on Saturday evening last with a " paper signed by you, in which you suggest that " you are authorized by the Congress to summon cer- " tain persons to appear before you, whose conduct " had been represented as inimical to the rights of "America, of which number you say I am one.