Van Wart, of Greenburgh ; Talman Pugsley, who is said to have lived where the brick School-house now stands, opposite to the residence of Abraham Beare, of Greenburgh; Ph(L>be Oakley, who was the sister-in-law of Talman Pugsley ; Marmaduke Foster, who was the son-in-law of John Martine ; and Solomon Pugsley and the widow Elizabeth Pugsley, whose places of residence are not known to us ; and their Depositions and Statements and the Schedules of the articles stolen from John Martine and his son in-law, afford, at once, the evidence of the robberies and of the comforts which were to be found in the homes of the quiet and industrious and intelligent residents of Westchester-county, at that time.' Among the thieves whose names have come down to us, were Major Bacon, Captains Gale, Shaddock, and Ford, and others, of Colonel Brewer's Regiment of Artificers, of the Massachusetts Line ; and Officers and Privates of the Regiment of Connecticut troops, commanded by Colonel Charles Webb.*

In view of these great outrages, and of many others of which no records have been preserved, the Committee of Safety for the State addressed a letter to the President of the Continental Congress, in which are these concluding words : " I have the satisfaction " to assure you that the fortitude of this State and " their zeal for the glorious cause in which we are " engaged, is not abated ; on the contrary, we are " prepared to meet even severer misfortunes, with a " spirit and firmness becoming the generous advonieeting-placo of Lewis Morris and his friends ; to liave been liept by Isaac Uttkley ; and to Imve stood until about 1808, when it was burned.