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Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution

Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886. 323 words

" Ordered, That the person or persons who shall " have the charge of the carrying this Resolution into " execution, in each County, shall direct all the Arms "that shall be so impressed, to be collected at some " place in the County where they are impressed, and " there valued and appraised by three indifferent men " of reputation of the County, any two of whom " agreeing, shall be sufficient to ascertain the price ; "that an account be kept from whom every Musket, "Gun, or Firelock, so impressed, shall have been " taken ; and each such Gun, Musket, or Firelock " caused to be marked with the initial letter of the " name of the County where it is impressed and num- " bered, the numbers following each other, succes- " sively ; and that the same be entered in a bopk pro- " vided for that purpose, with the name of the owner "opposite to the number marked on each Musket, " Gun, or Firelock, respectively. And

WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

" Ordered, That a Certificate, specifying the value " and the mark of the Musket, Gun, or Firelock so "impressed, appraised, and marked, shall be signed " by the Appraisers and Impressers, which shall enti- " tie the owner thereof to receive the appraised value "from the Treasurer of the Provincial Congress of "this Colony : Provided the same be not returned at " or before the conclusion of the present unhappy "controversy between Great Britain and the united '•' Colonies. And that an account, signed by the said " Appraisers and Impressers, of all such Muskets, " Guns, and Firelocks, so impressed, shall be sent, " forthwith, to the Secretaries of the Provincial Con- " gress, or either of them, to be filed. And that all " the Muskets, Guns, and Firelocks so impressed, on " Nassau Island, 1 be delivered, without delay, to Peter " T.