Hastening to the wharf, on the East River, the starved fugitive, from whom all food and drink had been withheld for more than a week, 9 he " impressed," if he did not steal, a boat ; and found refuge and food on board of

official and personal leanings were toward the Livingstons rather than toward the rivals of the latter, the De Lanceys, who had previously occupied the nearest place to the throne, in the Colony ; and, especially, since the Delegate referred to was, by marriage, a member of the Livingston family.

The Memorandum which the Governor is said to have subsequently stated " was the ground of my subsequent conduct in removing on Board " the Packet," (Governor Tryon to the Earl of Dartmouth, " On board the "Dutchess of Gordon New York 11 th Nov 1775,") bears, on its face, the date when he is said to have received it -- " Mem. Rec d from N York: "the best authority Nov 2 1775 W T."-- and it may have been sent to him by Egbert Duuiont, as stated by Judge Jones and his commentator ; but, when it was said to have been received, the Governor had surely been on the Halifax or on the Duchess of Gordon, more than a fortnight.

The name of the real author of that Memorandum, on which Governor Tryon is inconsistently said to have placed so much dependence, and the purpose for which it was transmitted to him, after he had been warned of his danger and had secured his safety, are questions which need not be discussed, in this place.