On the following day, [June 10, 1776,] the Provincial Congress elected the Field-officers of the Regiment in which the levies from Westchester-county were to be enrolled ; and Samuel Drake, who was then commanding the skeleton Regiment of Westchestercounty Minute-men, in the Continental Service, 5 was elected Colonel; John Hulbert, of Suffolk, 6 was elected Lieutenant-colonel ; Moses Hetfield, of Orange-county, was elected Major. 7 The Line-officers of the Regiment and the other details of its organization of the Regiment will be noticed, hereafter.

A matter of particular interest to the inhabitants of Westchester-county occurred during the session of the third Provincial Congress ; and it may properly be mentioned in this narrative.

It will be remembered that, on the suggestion of General Lee, a Magazine of Provisions was ordered to be established, in Westchester-county; that the Delegates from that County were authorized to purchase, on the account of the Provincial Congress, the Pork and Beef which were desired; that, subsequently, Colonel Gilbert Drake, the Chairman of the County Committee and one of the Deputies from the County, so managed the affair that all the purchases

■> Journal of the Provincial Congress, "Sunday Morning, June 9, 1776."

6 Vide pages 152-154, ante.

8 It is doubtful if he ever joined the Kegiment, (Colonel Henry B. Livingston to the Committee of Arrangement, "Fishkill, 24 Novr., 1776;") and he resigned, on the ninth of December, 1776, (John flutter* to the Committee of Arrangement, "Fish Km, December 9, 1776.")

William Goforth, who had served honorably in Canada, was elected to the vacancy, (Minutes of Hie Committee of Arrangement, "Fishkill, "Jany 13, 1777;") but, in February, he declined to continue in the place, (Philip Van Corttandt to the Committee of Arrangement, "Fishkill "Jfeby. 25,1777.")