Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution

" Much pains, I confess, were on that day taken to " make temporary enthusiasts, and with other more " exhilirating spirit, than the spirit of loyalty.

" To give the appearance of dignity to these curious " and very orderly protestors, the author has been " very mindful to annex every man's addition to his " name, upon a presumption perhaps that it would " derive weight from the title of Mayor, Esquire, Cap- " tain, Lieutenant, Judge, &c.

" But it is not easy to conceive why the publisher " should be less civil to the Clergy than to the gentry " and commonalty, Samuel Seabury and Luke Babcock " certainly ought not to have been sent into the world " floating on a news paper in that plain way,-- the

WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

" one is the Reverend Mr. Samuel Seabury, Hector of " the united parishes of East and West- Chester, and one " of the Missionaries for propagating the gospel, and "not politicks, in foreign parts, &c, &c, the other is "the Reverend Mr. Luke Babcoek, who preaches and " prays for Col. Philips and his tenants at Philipsburg.

" In this formidable catalogue of 312 sober and loyal " protestors, there are not less than one hundred and " seventy, who after a most diligent enquiry, I cannot " find have the least pretensions to a vote, and indeed " many of them are lads under age. Their names are " as follows :

" ' Samuel Seabury, Timothy Purdy,