"-..;;.■ ivw escaped, and the rest surrendered -without our having- lost a single u.s.'j. Though many shots were fired at us, we did not fire a gun."*
Ahiiougli the inhabitants appear to have suffered much during the Kovuhition, they generally continued firmly attached to the interests of \:.<.'It country. In. iJT^ occurs the following petition to tlie Hon. Pro- •.::'.cial Congress, from the subscribers, inhabitants of the Manor of Fordii.vin and Wesi Farms, in the county of Westchester, which
'■ IT'imhly Showeth that we were summoned to appear at Westchester in oi-dcr t.) ch'iose officers, according to tlie resolution of the Congi-ess, it Laving been n'!>resented, as we understand, that there was not a competent number of men ill Dur district to form a company, we therefore beg leave to inform you tliat the .^la:lor of Fordham and the West Farms, have, in the militia, always been conf'iilered as a district by themselves ; and that within their limits there are upwards of seventy men fit to bear arms, and that an attendance at Westcliester upon the i.ieeting of the company will be attended with great inconvenience to many of the i:)lmbitants, and therefore injurious to the service intended to be advanced; from which considerations your petitioners humbly pray the Honorable Congress will be pleased to order that the xManor of Fordham and the West Farms have a company ^vith themselves, and that tliey elect their own otlicers under such, inspection as the Honorable Congress, in their -wisdom shall think best ; and your petitioners shall ever pray.