Resolved and Ordered, That Colonel " Joseph Drake and Colonel Thomas Thomas, oi " Westchester-county, do draft out of their Regiments " two hundred men, in the following proportions, to "wit; Two Companies of sixty-five Privates each, "besides the Captains and other inferior Officers, out " of Colonel Joseph Drake's Regiment, and one Coui- " pany of sixty-five Privates, with the Captain and " other inferior Officers, of Colonel Thomas's Regiment, " and as many more men out of those two Regiments " as will turn out, Volunteers for that service, to be im- " mediately sent to the City of New York, armed and " accoutred in the best manner possible, and to be "joined to Colonel Samuel Drake's Regiment, aud to

1 Journal of the Provincial Congress, " Die Morcurii, 10 ho., A.M., 'March 13, 1776."

2 Journal of the Provincial Congress, " Die Jovie, 4 ho., P.M., March 14, '1776."

" receive the same pay and provisions as the other " Continental forces in this Colony."

As what was called the Regiment of Westchestercounty Minute-men, commanded by Colonel Samuel Drake, 3 was then at Hoern"s Hook, opposite Hell-gate, it will be seen that Westchester-county was largely depended on ; but no record has been found which indicates which of the Companies of the Militia of that County were thus drafted and sent to throw up the defensive works within the City of New York, nor is it now known who, if any, of the farmers of that County, volunteered their services, for that laborious duty.