relied On, no matter what its temper might be -- it was drawn into the service, while the other States were delinquent,' until no more could be taken, for any, except for the most temporary, purposes. 2 It was called out to guard the banks of the Hudson-river' and those of Long Island Sound. 4 Reinforcements of the Continental Army were taken from it, whenever reinforcements were called for ; 5 the passes in the Highlands were constant sources of anxiety ; 6 and the northern borders of the 8tate T and Long Island 8 also enjoying its protection. Sometimes it was employed to drive Cattle to places of supposed safety: 9 sometimes it was employed in repairing roads : ,0 some-

1 " We caa with pleasure assure you, that by far the greater part of " the levies ordered by the Congress to be raised from our Militia, are " completed, and at their several stations ; that almost the whole of those "drafted in consequence of the enclosed Resoluticn, will, by the time " this reaches you, be at posts which is thought necessary to occupy, " least the enemy should cut off the communication between the Army at "New York and the country." * * * " It gives us great pain to in- *' form you that the aid received from our sister States is very inadequate "to our expectations, none of them having yet completed the levies directed by Congress, which leaves us reason to fear that instead of using "every means that human wisdom dictates for ensuring success, we shall, " with inferior numbers, on the doubtful iBsue of a single battle, hazard " the glorious cause for which we have struggled." (Tlie Convention to the Delegation of the State in the Continental Congress, " Hablem, 7th Au- "gust, 1776, A.M.")