In April 1775, he signed the protest at White Plains in which he and others declared their " honest abhorrence of all unlawful congresses and committees," and determination " at the hazard of our lives and properties to support the King and constitution." Several pamphlets appeared about in the course of the same year in favour of the government; among others, some written under the character of A Farmer, which gave great offence to the Sons of Liberty, and R party of whigs from Connecticut crossed over to Westchester county and seized the Rev. Mr. S. and other loyalists and carried them to New Haven. This invasion of the territory of New York, and violent removal of its citizens, called forth a strong remonstrance from the Prov. Congress to Gov. Trumbull, who demanded Mr. Seabury 's "immediate discharge; the more especially as,

(a) Allen, and all writers after him wlio notice this divine, represent that he went to Scotland to study medicine, but changed his purpose and took orders. This is entirely contrnry to Hawkins, who' is ilic aruthority for tho statement in the text, and is considered the most reliable.

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Cutting' all communication by letter with the rest being entirely cut olf. Dr. Chandler also kindly informed me, that the Society transmitted a large sum to Boston, to pay tlie Missionaries in Massachusetts and New Hampshire ; but I imagine General Howe left Boston before the money could get there ; and I have not been able to learn who the person was to whom the money was delivered, nor what is become of it. The Missions of New Windsor (or Newburgh, as it was latterly called) and of Albany are still vacant. Mr. Stuart^ continues at Fort Hunter, and