**Handlin and Mark state in the Introduction to their 1964 paper that the narrative they present is taken from an anonymous firsthand source that evidence indicates was a young, lawyer from CT sympathetic to the Wappinger (believed by Dutchess Historian, Henry Noble MacCracken, to be Asa Spalding, the attorney who represented the Wappinger in 1767). Handlin and Mark's version is based on a Library of Congress transcript of the original manuscript located in the British Museum. Henry Noble MacCracken, Old Dutchess Forever! The Story of An American County (New York: Hastings House), Thomas F. Maxon, Mount Nimham: The Ridge of Patriots, Historical Timeline (New York: Thomas Maxon, 2009), 27. https://www.pawlingrecord.org/single-post/2018/08/18/The-Heroine-of-Quaker-Hill https://prendergast-rent-war.blogspot.com/2015/05/from-peaceful-farmer-to-rebel-leader.html Thomas J. Humphrey, Land and Liberty, Hudson Valley Riots In The Age of Revolution (Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press), 69. https://www.pawlingrecord.org/single-post/2018/08/18/The-Heroine-of-Quaker-Hill https://www.prendergastlibrary.org/local-history/mehitable-wing-prendergast/ https://www.pawlingrecord.org/single-post/2018/09/14/The-Heroine-of-Quaker-Hill https://www.prendergastlibrary.org/local-history/mehitable-wing-prendergast/

fueled, dramatic appeal worked as the Governor issued a stay of execution for Prendergast, awaiting word from the King as to his ultimate fate. Sometime in late January or early February of 1767 word arrived from the King declaring, "His Majesty has been gratiously pleased to grant him [Prendergast] this pardon, relying that this instance of His Royal clemency will have a better effect in recalling these mistaken people to their duty than the most rigorous punishment." 37 Although Prendergast was now free, stripped of any ability to lead the insurgents, the rioters were ultimately put down for good in two skirmishes involving British regulars that occurred in Patterson, and near Quaker Hill, NY, not far from Prendergast's home. Although two British soldiers were wounded in the Patterson battle, the rioters nonetheless were successfully dispersed and the movement quashed.