Of the remaining forty-nine, one rose no higher than a place in the Committee of his Town ; six were satisfied with only places on the Committee of the County, in whom, however, great power in local matters was vested, and by whom much money was disbursed for the support of prisoners of war quartered in their vicinities ; one aspired to both the Town and County Committees, and held seats in both ; three were given nothing else than Commissions in the Regiments of the County ; eleven held various Civil Offices, as well as Commissions in the Regiments of the County ; one held a seat in the Provincial Congress, and was contented with that Bingle place ; sixteen held seats in one or more of the Provincial Congresses, together with other places, at the same time or subsequently ; five became discontented with their associations, and were accused of being loyalists, and were prosecuted as such ; leaving only five of the entire forty-nine who did not, as far as we have knowledge, accept places of either authority or emolument. Even the Secretary of the first County Committee looked out for the profits of official station, and secured, through his associations, some of the fat things of place -- Micah Townsend, the Clerk of the first County-Committee,- secured the command of a Company of Colonial Troops, early in 1776 j and he' was, in other respects, well provided for, during that era of distress and ruin.

The reader may judge from this exhibit how much of genuine patriotism and how much of personal selfishness, controlled the revolutionary politics of WeBtchester-County, 1774-76.