The District which included the eastern portion of Bedford elected Lewis McDonald, for its Captain; James Miller, for its First Lieutenant ; 7 Henry Lord, for its Second Lieutenant ; and Jesse Miller, for its Ensign.

The District which included the western portion of Bedford elected Eli Seelgy, for its Captain ; Heze-

1 Beooni Piatt was a member of the first County Committee, appointed in May, 1775. The Hon. Lewis 0. Piatt, formerly Surrogate of the County, is his grandson.

2 Historical Manuscripts relating to the War of the Revolution: Military Returns, xxvii., 234.

a James Varian was a member of the first County Committee, chosen in May, 1775.

* Anthony Miller was elected to the command of the Company, at the second Election, in December, 1775.

6 Nicholas Fisher was a member of the County Committee, in February, 1776. (Historical Manuscripts, etc. : Military Returns, xxvii. , 84.)

6 Letter from Robert Graham to the Provincial Congress," White PlAins, "Decern' 21", 1775." (Historical Manuscripts, etc.: Military Returns, xxvii., 240.)

' James Miller appears to have held offices, subsequently, in the New York Regiments, commanded by Colonels Ritzema, Gansevoort, and Van Cortlandt ; but, inasmuch as there were several persons bearing that name-- two, at the same time, in the same Regiment, bearing exactly opposite characters -- it is not, now, known which, if either, was the particular James Miller who is named in the text.

kiah Grey, for its First Lieutenant ; 8 Ephraim Raymond, for its Second Lieutenant ; and Gabriel Higgins, for its Ensign.