1 On the 8th of May, 1775, Miles Oakley was appointed a member of the County Committee, (t-ide page -- , post ; ) soon afterwards, he received a Warrant for Second Lieutenant in Captain Mills's Company ; (t-ide page -- ,post;) and he Herved in that office, under Colonel Holmes, in the DloodleBS Campaign of 1775 ; leaving the service, when the Campaign closed. -- (Historical Manuscripts, etc. : Military Committee, xxv., 04.)

Daniel Horton, whose name accompanied that of Miles Oakley, on the disclaimer now under notice, was a resident of Rye ; and in the re-organization of the Militia of the County, he was made Second Lieutenant of the Rye and Mamaroneck Company, commanded by Captain Robert Bloomer. <•*

2 Illustrative of the statement made in the text, is the following, taken from the'Upcott Clippings, iv.,297, in the Library of the New York Historical Society: " It is said that at least three-fourths of the people "in Cortlandt's Manor, New York, have declared their unwillingness to " enter into the Congressional measures : that a great number of the " people in general in Westchester County are preparing to do the like ; "and that the Association against the Continental Congress has been "signed by three hundred persons in the neighborhood of Pougbkeepsie "only. Many lists are sent about Dutchess County, on which also "many hundreds have subscribed." . -- .

As far as it related to Westchester-county, the above was copied from Gaine's Hem-York Gazette: and the Weekly Mercury, Ho. 1220, New- York, Monday, February 27, 1775.