tion of the election of delegates to the approaching congress by the City and County of New York, and requested the other counties either to appoint additional delegates of their own or to signify their willingness that the delegates already chosen in the city should act for them also, on the understanding that whatever number of representatives should appear from this province at the congress they would be entitled to but one vote. Pursuant to this second circular a Westell ester County convention was called to meet in the courthouse at White Plains, on the 22d of August, various towns and districts choosing local delegates to represent them. The Towns of Uye and Westchester held particularly well-attended meetings for that purpose and adopted rousing resolutions. The Rye delegation was headed by John Thomas, Jr., and the Westchester by Colonel Lewis Morris. It is noteworthy, however, that both the Rye and Westchester resolutions, although expressing the views of the two most radical political leaders in the county, were emphatic in the assertion of loyalty to the king -- so far removed from the public mind was the thought of rebellion. Upon this point the Rye people said: "That they think it their greatest happiness to live under the illustrious House of Hanover; and that they will steadfastly and uniformly bear true and faithful allegiance to His Majesty, King George the Third, under the enjoyment of their constitutional rights and privileges as fellow-subjects with those of England." And the W'estchester citizens declared: " That we do and will bear true allegiance to His Majesty, George the Third, King of Great Britain, etc., according to the British Constitution." The county convention at White Plains on August 22, 1774, was not a specially important body, at least from the standpoint of its proceedings. The most interesting thing in connection with it is that its presiding officer was Frederick Philipse, the Tory "lord," who, less than a year later, was to lead his tenant clans at the same place, though in very different circumstances and emergencies, in a vain protest against a repetition of the same political action for which he now stood the chief sponsor.