Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution
Samuel Seabury, the Committee of Safety, Ave of the Westcheater-county members being present, directed Colonel Joseph Drake, forthwith, to remove him from his home to the house of Colonel John Brinckerhoff, at Fishkill, to remain there till the further order of the Convention or the Committee of Safety ; and that he be not permitted to leave the farm of the said Colonel Brinckerhoff, except in company with the Colonel. At the same time Colonel Van Cortlandt, John Jay, and Robert Harper were directed to ascertain what property Mr. Seabury had which might be seized and sold forthe payment for his board and lodging, in his involuntary exile, (Journal of the Committee of Safety, " Die Mercurii, 9 ho., " A.M., September 11, 1776.")
10 Beardsley's Life and Correspondence of Rl. Rev. Samuel Seabury, D.D.. 50.
» BeardBley's Life and Correspondence of the Rt. Rev. Samuel Seabury, D.D., 48-50.
12 Governor Tryon to the Mayor of (he C% of New York, "SHIP Dutch- " ess of Gorton, New York Harbour, 4th Dec. 1775."
This letter appeared, in print, in Gaine'B New-York Gazette: and the Weekly Mercury, No. 1261, New-York, Monday, December 11, 1776.
WESTCHESTEE COUNTY.
enclosed in which was another letter addressed "To " the Inhabitants of the Colony op New York." 1 expressive of his hope that some measure might be adopted as the basis of an accommodation between the Mother Country and the Colony. It was written in a spirit of kindness and regard for the welfare of the country, probably as a feeler, and certainly after consultation with some of the leaders of the Rebellion ; and it was well-calculated to lead the revolutionary portions of the Colonists back to their duty and to peace, in which it appears to have been quite effective -- ''several of the Delegates" [in the Provincial Congress] "were favorably disposed," we are told; and there can be little doubt that by far the greater number of the Colonists, also, could their well-considered and honest preferences have been safely expressed, would have heartily concurred in the proposition.