Convention, "Die Sabbati, 4 bo., P.M., Sept. 21, 1776;" and many others.

The instance of William Lounsberry, who refused to surrender and was killed, while four of his recruits -- Bloomer Nelson, Jacob Scbureman, Samuel Haines, and Joseph Turner -- were captured, is noteworthy. Both Lounsberry and his fourteen recruits were Westchester-county Loyalists ; and he and they were intercepted in Westchester-county, by a party of Westchester-county Militia, on the twenty-ninth of August, 1776. {Journal of the Convention, " Thursday morning, Augt. 29, 1776 ;" Committee of Safety to General Washington, "In Committee of Safety, " Harlem, Augt. 30, 1776.")

2 The Committee of Safety to General Washington, "Fishkill, 10 Oc- "tober, 1776."

A Corps of Westchester county Refugees was subsequently raised, the Lientenant-colonency of which was taken by the veteran, James Holmes, of Bedford, already mentioned, (A Short Account of tfie Descent and Life of James Holmes, Esq., edit. 1815, reprinted, in exteneo, in de Lancey's Notes to Jones's History of New York during the Revolutionary War, ii., 621.) Two Battalions of Loyalists were raised in Queens-county; and in several of the other Counties, heavy enlistments were also made.

3 Journal of the Convention, "Thursday afternoon, July 11, 1776;" the same, "Die Veneris, 9 ho., A.M., July 26, 1776."

4 Colonel Joseph Drake to General' Lewis Morris, "New-Rochel, "July 24,1776 ;" Journal of the Convention, "Die Mercurii, 9 ho., A.M., "July 31, 1776;" Colonel Joseph Drake to the President of Hie Convention, " New-Rochelle, 6th August, 1776 ; " Journal of the Convention, "Die Lunte, 9 bo., A.M., Augt. 5, 1776."