The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.)
"3d, That it is the opinion of this meeting, that the act of Parliament for shv*- tmg up the port of Boslon, and divestnig some of the inhabitants of private property, is a most unparalled, rigorous and imjust piece of cruelty and dcs-
"4th That unanimity and firmness of measures in the C-^lonics are the mon effectual means to secure the invaded rights and privile-cs of America, and to avoid the impending ruin which now thi-eatens this once happy country.
"5tli That the most effectual mode of redressing our gTievaace'= v»-ill be bv a (.reneral Congress, of delegates from the different colonies, and that we are wUl- \ngr to abide by such measures as they in theu: wisdom shall consider neces^ary to be adopted on that important occasion.
By order of the committee,
EBEXEZER IIAYILAXD, C/iairman."
The committee for the town of Bye will meet the committees of the other towns and districts in the County of Westchester, on Jlonday the 22d day of this instauL at the Conrt-Umc in the White Plains, to return an answer to a letter from :dr. Isaac Low, chairman of the committee of correspondence in \ew 'iork."'i
The Westchester i esolutions were as follows :
"At a meeting of the freeholders and inhabitants of the Borouo-h town of Westchester, iu New York, the 20th of August, 1774, James Ferris" Esq., Col. Lewis Morns, and Capt. Thomas Hunt, were chosen a committee to meet a com- R-nttee of the different towns and precincts within this countv, at the White Plains on Monday the 2ed inst., to consult on the expediency of appointing one or more delegates to represent tlus county at the General Congress, &c., and James