General How e very well said, after experience had taught him the fac t.s, Miu h might be said upon the state of loyalty and the principles "of loyalty, in America. Aime are loyal from principle ; vmiii/ from in- "terest; manii from resentment; manii wish for peace, but are indiffer- " ent which side prevails ; and there are others who wish success to Great " Hritaiu, from a recollectiou of the happiness they enjoyed under her "government." (Olisermli'iiis ttpon a jxtmpMel entitled Letters to a Noblenuiu, 311.)

Although there may have been individuals among the farmers of Westchester-county who, under this classification, were "loyal from " principle " or from " interest " or from "resentment," there can be very little doubt that the iniuis of those farmers were loyal, as far aa they were loyal iiiany degree, because of their desire for peace, no matter from whom it might come, and because of their recollectiou of the liap piuess they had enjoyed under the Colonial Government.

They practically illustrated the theory of the party of the Opposition to the Home Goverinnent, with whom they hiul been, generally, in harmony-- " Let i s .4I.o.\e."

4 General ]Vashinijlon to John Angusliiie Washimjl^m, " New York, 22 "July, 177fi."

There is not known to have been any communication between the Westchester-county bank of the river and the ships, while the latter remained on their lower amhorage-ground, except those referred toon page 2118, ante ; but, subseijuehtly, while the ships were ofTtho (^jrtlandt Manor, their boats as we shall see, were very active, duringevery night ; and it is known the ships were visited by some of the neighboring inhabitants. The guards were less vigilant, in the upper part of the County, than they had been, near Tarrytown.