7 William Sutton was arrested and confined in the Jail at the Plains, furnishing his own food, as was usual ; but, soon after, he was banished to Philadelphia, and there confined, "subsisting himself," besides having been required to pay to Lieutenant Alexander Hunt, who conveyed him to Philadelphia, the expenses of his own journey, the expenses of Hunt while thus engaged in escorting him, and twelve shillings per day to the latter, "for his trouble in the premises." {Journal of the Convention, " Die Sabbati, 3 ho., P.M., July 27, 1776.")

8 See the instance of Willett Taylor, who was thus favored, at the instance of General John Morin Scott, (Journal of tlte Convention, " Tuesday morning, Augt. 13, 1776;" the same, "Thursday, A.M., August "15, 1776;" General John Morin Scott to John McKesson, "New-York,

"hora vesp. 13th August, 1776 ;" the same to ■ "New-York

" Aug. 13, 1776.")

* Minutes of tlie Committee to detect Conspiracies, "Thursday AM "June 27, 1776." W Historical Manuscripts, etc.: Miscellaneous Papers, xxxvi., 156.

WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

another kinsman were leading members, 1 was made the "Jud^e of the High Court of Admiralty of this "State/' only thirty-four days after he had been thus summoned to answer a charge of having been " sus- " pected," and before he had answered to that Summons ;* and a third instance, when a leading member of the Convention itself, because of his known inclinations and because of his continued and frequent correspondence with his friends, in the City of New York as well as with those in Philadelphia, after both those Cities had been occupied by the Royal Army ; and because of his expressed desire to go into the City of New York, for the purpose of visiting those friends ; and because of his application for a flag, for the purpose of carrying those desires into effect; became generally and very seriously " suspected," 3 without having been officially disturbed, by any one -- he was not one of those " poor vipers " of whom he had told, only a few months previously ; * nor did he come within the circle of those whom the dominant, aristocratic clique of that period was inclined to degrade to the level of the common people.