Imagination dwells upon the outlawry of a lady whose beauty and virtues won the admiration of the great Whig Chief. Humanit;,' is shocked that a wom.an was attainted of treason, for no crime but that of clinging to the fortunes of her husband whom she had vowed on the altar of religion never to desert.""

a "Til" .\ni.Tie:»n I.ovalists,"' by T.nrenzo .'J.iblne. Sfi> al.so Ilisrorical view- of \ho. crimraia- Plon f r inuuiry i:!:.j ttiu Uisaes auil cliim.s of tlie .Vniencaa LovaUscs, liv John EarUk-y W ilmot, iisq., LouUon, 1515,

■636 HISTORY OF THE COUNTS' OF ^%T.STCHESTER.

" A part of the Phillips estate, (observes Mr. Sabine,) was in pos.scssion of Colonel Morris in right of his wife, and was confiscatcti ; a;-..i that the whole interest should pass under the act, Mrs. Morris was included in the attainder. It is believed that this lady, her sisters, Mn^ Robinson, and Mrs. Inglis, were the only females who were attainted u{ treason during the struggle. But it appeared in due time, that the confiscation act did not affect the rights of Mrs. Morris's children. Ti.e fee simple of the estate was valued by the British government at ^£20,- 000; and by the rules of determining the worth of life interests, the life interest of Col. iVlorris and his wife were fixed at ^12,605, ^'-''^ which sum they received a certificate of compensation.

"In 1787, the Attorney General of England examined the case, and gave the opinion, that the reversionary interest (or property of the children at the decease of the parents,) was not included in their attainder, and was recoverable under the principles of law and of right. In the year 1809, their son, Captain Henrj' Gage Morris of the royal navy, in behalf of himself and his two sisters, accordingly sold this reversionary interest to John Jacob Astor, Esquire, of New York, for the sum of ^20,000 sterling.