1 Minutes of the New York Committee of Correspondence, Monday, May 19, 1774; Lieutenant-governor Golden to Governor Tryon, "Spring Hill, "31st May, 1774 ; " the same to the Earl of Dartmouth, " New York, 1st "Juue, 1774;" Gouvemmr Morris to Mr. Penn, " New York, May 2D, "1774;" Joues's History of New York during the Revolutionary War, i., 34 ; etc.

2 " Sam. Francis," at that time and during many years subsequently, was a noted restaurateur, known to and respected by every one, of every sect and party, in the City of New York, during the later Colonial period, during the entire War, and after the restoration of Peace.

" Francis's Tavern," where this Caucus was held, had been, at an earlier period, the residence of the De Lancey Family. It was built in 1701, by Etienne De Lancey, on a lot of ground which Stephanus Van Cortlandt had given to his daughter, Anne, when, in the preceding year, that lady was married to Mr. De Lancey; and it is still standing on the northeastern corner of Broad and Pearl-streets, the oldest building in the City of New York.

" Francis's Long-room," iu which this Caucus was held, subsequently became more famous than it had previously been, because it was the room in which the Officers of the Army of the Revolution assembled, on Thursday, the fourth of December, 1783, after the enemy had evacuated the City and the Peace had been entirely established, to take their final leave of their illustrious Chief ; and from which, accompanied by his sorrowful friends -- " a solemn, mute, and mournful procession, with "heads hanging down and dejected countenances " -- he walked, directly, to Whitehall-slip, and was rowed, thence, to Powle's Hook, now Jersey City, on his way to Annapolis, to which place the Congress had adjourned, to resign the Command of the Army, with which he had been invested, in 177.5.-- (Gordon's History of the War of the Revolution, iv., 383, 384; Marshall's Life of Washington, (Phila.