5 "A small detachment entered it," [the printing-office,] "and in about " three-quarters of an hour brought off the principal part of his types, "for which they offered to give an order on Lord Dunmore " [who had previously stolen John HoWs type andpress, at Norfolk.'] (The Connecticut Journal, No. 424, [New Haven,] Wednesday, November 29, 1775.)

They "entered his" [Rivington' s\ "house, demolished his printing "apparatus, destroyed a part and carried off the remainder of his "types." -- (Jones's History of New York during the Revolutionary War, i., 66.)

See, also, Governor Tryon to the Earl of Dartmouth, No. 22, "On "Board the Ship Dutchess of Gordon New York Harbour, 6 th Dec* "1775;" etc.

Governor Tryon to the Earl of Dartmouth, No. 22, ' ( On Board the Ship " Dutchess of Gordon New York Harbour 6 th Dec r 1775."

i " They then faced and wheeled to the left, and marched out of town to " the tune of Yankee Doodle. A vast concourse of people assembled at " the Coffee House bridge on their leaving the ground", and gave them " three very hearty cheers."-- (T7*e Connecticut Journal, No. 424, [New Haven,] Wednesday, November 29, 1775.)

The Petition of the General Committee of the City and County of New York, laid before the Provincial Congress, on the eighth of December, 1775, presented the general facts of the outrage on James Rivington, while it also called for the protection of the City, by that body. The despatch of Governor Tryon to the Earl of Dartmouth, No. 22, "On Board the ship "Dutchess of Gordon New York Harbour 6 th Dec* 1 1775," described the raid on Westchester-county as well as that on the City of New York, and narrated the blustering threats which were made by Sears, to return with "a more numerous body of the Connecticut Rioters and to take "away the Records of the Colony." The letter of (He Provincial Congress to the Governor of Connecticut, "In Provincial Congress, New- York, "12th Deer., 1775," recited the outrage in Westchester-county as well as that in the City ; but in such delicate terms as indicated that that body was either in sympathy with the banditti or was intimidated by t hose who were so.