York by the American army, retired with his family to Brunswick, N. J., but on the return of the British forces, he succeeded in getting back to town. The fatigue to which he exposed himself on this occasion, being obliged to travel by night, brought on a severe cold, which threw him into a fever that proved fatal on the 3d March 1777. His son Sir Samuel A. died in 1822, a Lieutenant General in the British army.

1 Joshua Bloomer graduated at Kings Coll. N, Y. in 1761. He had been a major in the provincial service and afterwards a merchant. He went to England in 1765 for orders, and succeeded Dr. Seabury in Jamaica, L. I., to which were attached Newtown and Flushing. His letters, some of which will be found in this Vol. among the Queen's Co. papers, denote his opinions on political subjects. He died at Jamaica on 23d June 1790, aged 55, and was succeeded in his church by the Revd. WiUiam Hammel. Thompson's Hist. L. I., ii. 125.

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off, or carried away prisoners. At tliis present time there are many hundreds from this city and province prisoners in New England ; and among these the Mayor of New York. ' Several judges and members of his Majesty's Council, with otlier respectable inhabitants.

Soon after Washington's arrival, he attended our church ; but on the Sunday morning, before divine service began, one of the rebel generals called at the rector's house (supposing the latter was in town,) and, not finding him, left word that he came to inform the rector that " General Wasliington would be at church, and would be glad if the violent prayers for the king and rOyal family were omitted," This message was brought to me, and as you may suppose I paid no regard to it.