'The instances of Bloomer Nelson, Samuel Haines, Josiah Disberry, and Jacob Schureman, residents ol Westchester county, {Jouninl nf the CoHveiili'm, "Thursday morning, August 29, 1776;" Petitum nf John Sure. Bloomer Neelmn, and others, " KiN(JSTO.V Goal, Feb'1 19"", 1777 " -- Uitb>ric(il Manuscripts : I'elUions, xxxiii., G.'JS ; P- lition nf Jilnomer Nelson and three ollvrs, " Kincwton Goal, March 20, 1777 -- Hislirical Manuscripts, etc.,: Petitions, xxxiii,, 610.) are sufiicient for this purpose, although there are numerous others.

• Jimnirti of Uie Couvenliin, " Die Sabbati, 9 ho , A.M., Augt. 17, 1776 tile PresitleiU of the Otuceuti'in to the Committee nf Vtster-county, " In Con-

" VKXTION OF THK REPRESENTATIVES OK THE STATE Of NeW YoRK,

"Harlem, Augt. 17, 1776 ;" etc.

"The instances of Abraham C. Cuyler, John Duncan, Stephen I)e Lanccy, John Monier, and Beiuamin Hilton, already referred to, will be remembered by the reader.

^ It will be remembered that William Sutton of Mamaroneck was banished to Philadelphia.

"others "of the neighbouring States,'" -- of course, the older-time repository of the victims of New York's "suspicion," at Litchfield, in Connecticut, was included ; -- did not fail to receive their very welcome supply of well-to-do boarders.

During the first three months of the existence of the Convention, there were thus lawlessly seized, of the residents of Westchester-county, William and John Sutton, of Mamaroneck ; " John Rogers, a servant of Lewis Morris, of Morrisania ; Joseph Reade, of Westchester;'' Isaac Underbill, of Yonkers," and Philip Palmer'* and James Horton, Junior,'" besides a number of others the names of whom were not recorded on the Journal of tlu Convention}'