Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution

" That such of them as may be men of influence in " the neighbourhood of the place of their present resi- " deuce, be removed to such place, in this or a neigh- " bouring Colony, as will deprive them of an oppor- " tunity of exerting that influence to the prejudice of " the American cause, and respectively bound by " their parole or word of honour or other security, at " the discretion of the said Committee, neither di- " rectly or indirectly to oppose or contravene the " measures of the Continental Congress or the Con- " gress of this Colony, and to abide in the place and " within the limits so to be assigned them, till the " further order of the present or future Provincial '' Congress or Continental Congress ; and in case they " shall refuse to give such parole or other security, to " commit them to safe custody.

" And as to such of the said persons whose removal, " in the judgment of the said Committee, shall not " appear necessary, that the said Committee do cause " them to be respectively bound with such security, " by parole or otherwise, as the said Committee shall " deem necessary, neither directly or indirectly to " oppose or contravene the measures of the Conli- " nental Congress of this Colony. Provided, never- " theless, that the said Committee shall be and they " are hereby authorized, in case they shall, on " inquiry, find any or either of the said persons to be " so dangerous as that they ought not to be admitted " to go at large, to order such of them to be kept in " safe custody.