The contemporary records do not present the circumstances which attended the seizure of the Mayor of the Borough of Westchester ; but it is probable they were similar to those which attended the similar seizure of Judge Fowler and that of Mr. Seabury -- the banditti undoubtedly ransacked the house and examined his papers and helped themselves to such articles of his movable property as best pleased them. From Judge Fowler's house, there were carried away a beaver hat, a silver-mounted horsewhip, and two silver spoons, 4 besides the sword, gun, and pistols which formed portions of his official equipments as a Colonel in the Colonial Militia; 5 and at Mr. Seaburv's, besides assaulting one of that gentleman's daughters, thrusting a bayonet at her breast and through her cap, and tearing down her hair, the marauders cut a quilt which was in the frame, rendering it useless; examined his

1 See pages 72-74, ante.

2 " At East Chester they seized Judge Fowler, then repaired to West f< Chester and secured Seabury &na"Un<lorhil\."-- (The Connecticut Journal, No. 424, [New Haven,] Wednesday, November 29, 1775.)

In hia Memorial to the General Assembly of Connecticut, Seabury expressly stated that he was arrested by a detachment ; that the main body of the party was subsequently joined, by the detachment ; and that ail, then, returned to East Chester.

8 Memorial of Samuel Seabury to the General Assembly of Connecticut, December 20. 1775.

See, also, The Connecticut Journal, No. 424, [New Haven,] Wednesday, November 29, 1775 ; Jones's History of New York during Hie Revolutionary War, i., 66, 67 ; etc.