Smith, in his " History of New York," gives the following interesting item: " Leisler' s party was strengthened on the 3d of June, 16S9, by the addition of six captains and four hundred men in New York, and a company of seventy men from Eastchester, who had all subscribed on that day a solemn declaration to preserve the Protestant religion and the Port of New York for the Prince of Orange and the governor whom the prince might appoint as their protector." The action of the seventy volunteers of our Town of Eastchester in marching down to New York to give their support to Leisler is highly significant. The men of Eastchester were democrats of democrats in all their antecedents, but at the same time were godly and sober citizens, who would not have lightly, or for mere emotional or adventurous reasons, espoused a factional cause. They evidently believed, most completely and ardently, in the righteousness and also the sufficiency of the improvised government. It is indeed impossible to question the sincere and virtuous animus of Leisler1 s followers. Leisler, raised to authority by the people, fully recognized the people as the source of power. Notwithstanding the previous abolition of the provincial assembly, he promptly appealed to the representatives ofthe people when a grave public emergency arose soon after he became acting governor. In February, 1690, the settlement of Schenectady was burned and its inhabitants were massacred by the Indians at the instigation of the French. Leisler at once summoned a general assembly for the purpose of providing means and supplies for retributive measures. In that body Thomas Browne was the delegate from Westchester County. The influence of Leisler as a plain citizen, before by the stress of events placed in the control of affairs, was uniformly on the side of the public welfare, of intelligence, and progress; and the history of his personal career is that of a vigorous, successful, and honest man, who eminently deserved the position he won.