The Uniform Rectitude of His conduct commanded the Efteem of others : Whilft the Benevolence of His Heart and Gentleness of His Manners secured their Love. Firmly attached to His Sovereign and the British Constitution, He opposed, at the Hazard of His life, the late Rebellion in North America ; and for this Faithful discharge of His Duty to His King and Country He was Proscribed, and His Estate, one of the Largest in New York, confiscated, by the usurped Legislature of that Province. When the British Troops were withdrawn from New York in 1783 He quitted A Province to which He had always been an Ornament and Benefactor, and came to England, leaving all His Property behind Him : which reverse of Fortune He bore with that calmness, Fortitude and Dignity which had distinguished Him through every former stage of Life. He was born at New York the 12th day of September in the year 1721) ; and Died in this Place the 30th day of April, in the Year 1785, Aged 65 Years.

The British government, as a partial recompense to Philipse for his forfeited American estates, paid him a sum equal to about $300,000 of our money. In addition to summoning or arresting the various individuals specified in the resolutions to which wo have alluded, the third provincial congress authorized its committee for the detection of conspiracies to summon or apprehend all other persons deemed dangerous or disaffected, and to use for that purpose not merely detachments of the militia, but troops of the continental line, the latter to be obtained by application to the commander-in-chief. Also the town and district committees were encouraged io exercise zeal and vigilance to the same end, and were empowered to summon or arrest, !A facsimile of this tablet