The enrolled members of the Company, in whom the right of election rested, preferred one of their own number, John Cock, for their Captain ; and when the Poll was closed, it was found that the aristocratic aspirant had received only eleven votes, while his plebeian opponent had received forty-eight, and one had been given to William Betts. 2 The defeated aspirant subsequently complained that, although his successful opponent had signed the Association, he had done so without having heartily approved it, supporting his charge with an affidavit of William Hadley, 3 who had aspired to the First Lieutenancy

1 That " Militia Bill," in cxtenso, was published as a Note to the Journal of the Provincial CongreBs, "Die Martis, 9 ho., A.M., August 22, "1770."

2 Votes of the Militia Embodyed in ye Precinct of the Yonlcers and of officers names this 24 August, 1775. -- Historical Manuscripts, etc. : Military Returns, xxvi., 23 ; xxvii., 263.

3 « Westchester County, ss.

" William Hadley, of the said County, yeoman, personally appeared

of the Company, and had received only twelve of the sixty votes which were cast for that office; 4 and, of course, the Committee of Safety of the County transmitted the affidavit to the Provincial Congress, promising to supplement what was then sent with evidence that Cock had "spoken very disrespectfully of the Congress ;" and inviting that body to withhold the Commission to which Cock was entitled under the provisions of the Congress's own enactment. 5 Six days afterwards, fifty-nine of the Inhabitants of Yonkers presented a Petition to the Committee of Safety, justifying their action in electing Cock as their Captain, and asking that he might be commissioned, as such; 6 but Isaac Green, one of