the Manor of Morrisania, were aroused ; and, especially in the Borough Town of Westchester, within which the ancestral home of the Morrises was situated, the ambitious purposes of that gentleman and of his family were empathically snubbed, by a Meeting of his townsmen, duly summoned to take into consideration " whether or not they should choose Deputies " to represent them at a Provincial Convention." 2 Besides that local and evidently personal rebuke, by the townsmen of the Morrises, the great body of " the " Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County of West- " Chester,'' or such of them as were " friends of Gov- " ernment and our happy Constitution," was earnestly appealed to, in the circulation of the following stirring Address :

" To the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County of Westchesttr. " New -York, April 6, 1775. " You are earnestly desired to attend a general " meeting of the county, to be held at the White " Plains, on Tuesday next, the 11th inst. to give your " votes upon the questions : --

" Whether you are inclined to choose deputies to " meet at the city of New-York, in a Provincial Con- "vention? Or,

" Whether you are determined to abide by the " loyal and judicious measures already taken by your " own worthy representatives in the general assembly " of this province, for a redress of American grievances ? " The consequences that may arise from your ne- " glecting to attend at the White Plains, on Tuesday " next, to declare your sentiments relative to the ap- " pointment of deputies to meet in Provincial Con- " gress, may be very fatal to this county ; the friends " of goverment, and our happy constitution, are there- " fore earnestly invited in person, to oppose a measure " so replete with ruin and misery.