556 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



the new exportation agreement takes place, we shall be in the situation of those 

 who arc obliged to make bricks without straw."'* 



"White Plains, in the Co. of W. C, April 11th, 1775. 

 On the 28th of March last, the following gentlemen, having received letters 

 from the chairman of the committee of the city and county of New York, re- 

 lative to the appointment of Deputies for this county, met at this place for the 

 purpose of devising means for taking the sense of the county upon the subject, 

 viz: Theodosius Bartow, Esq., William Sutton, Esq., Captain Joseph Drake, 

 James Willis, Benjamin Drake, Moses Drake, Colonel Lewis Morris, Thomas 

 Hunt, Abraham Leggett, James Horton, Jr., Esq., Stephen Ward and Abraham 

 Guion, Esq., who, having taken the same into consideration, agreed to send the 

 following notification to the principal freeholders in the different towns and dis- 

 tricts in the county, viz.: — 



March 2Sth, 1775. 



Sir: — A number of persons from different districts in the county of West- 

 chester, having this day met at the White Plains, to consider of the most proper 

 method of taking the sense of the freeholders of the said county, upon the ex- 

 pediency of choosing deputies to meet the deputies of other counties, for the 

 purpose of electing delegates to represent this colony in the General Congress to 

 be held in Philadelphia, on the 10th day of May next, are of opiuion that the 

 best way of proceeding for that purpose, will be to have a general meeting of the 

 freeholders of said county. As this county is very extensive, we take the liberty 

 of recommending the meeting to be held at the White Plains, on Tuesday, the 

 11th day of April next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the Court House, and 

 therefore do desire you to give notice of the same to all the freeholders in your 

 district, without exception, as those who do not appear to vote on that day will 

 be presumed to acquiesce in the sentiments of the majority of those who vote. 

 We are, &c. , &c. 



The above notice having been generally given and distributed, a very numer- 

 ous body of freeholders of the county, assembled at the Court House, White 

 Plains, on the day apppointed, and chose Colonel Lewis Morris for their chair- 

 man. An inconsiderable number of persons, (among whom were many tenants 

 not entitled to vote), with Isaac Wilkins and Colonel Philips at their head, then 

 appeared ; and Mr. Wilkins, in their behalf, (as he said), declared that they would 

 not join in the business of the day, or have anything to do with the Deputies or 

 Congresses ; but that they came there for the sole purpose of protesting against 

 such illegal and unconstitutional proceedings, after which they departed. The 

 following question was then put to the people by the chairman, viz.: — whether 

 they would appoint Deputies for this County to meet the Deputies of the other 

 Counties at the city of New York, on the 20th of April inst., for the purpose of 

 electing delegates to represent this Colony in the General Congress, to be held at 

 Philadelphia, on the 10th day of May next? To which question they unani- 

 mously answered that they would. They then appointed the following eight 

 as, or a majority of them, to be the Deputies of this County, for the pur- 

 iforesaid, viz., Colonel Lewis Morris, Stephen Ward, Daniel Drake, Esq., 



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