2 "An History of Military Operations, from April 19,' 1775, to Septem- ' ber 3, 1783, is not an History of the American Revolution, any more ' than the Marquis of Quincy's Military History of Louis XIV, though 'much esteemed, is a History of the Reign of that Monarch. The ' Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people, and in the ; ' Union of the Colonies, both of which were substantially effected before ■' hostilities commenced."-- {Letter from Mm Adams to J^didiah Morse, :t Quincy, November 29, 1815.")

WESTCHESTEK COUNTY.

mittee, in each of the several Counties in the Colony, in which, after it had stated the election of Delegates to represent the City of New York, in the proposed Congress, to be assembled on the first of September ensuing, at Philadelphia, it presumptuously and with an assumed air of leadership, continued, in these words : " It therefore becomes necessary that the " Delegates to represent the other Counties in this . " Province be speedily appointed. The Counties will " judge of the propriety of confiding in the same per- " sons only which we have chosen, or to appoint such " others to go, with them, to the Congress, as they '' may think fit to depute, for that purpose. Permit " us to observe that the number of Delegates is imma- " terial, since those of each Province, whether more " or less, will conjointly have only one vote at the " Congress. In order, however, that the representa- " tion of the different Counties may be quite com- " plete, it is absolutely necessary that your County " appoint, with all possible speed, one or more Dele- " gates to join and go with ours to the Congress, or, if " you choose to repose your confidence in our Dele- " gates, that you signify such your determination, in " the most clear and explicit terms, by the first op- " portunity, after the sense of your County can be " known, on so interesting a subject." '