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HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



Joshua Earn, 

 Joseph l'unly, 

 John Park, 

 Bamue] Purdy, 

 Gilbert Purely, 

 James Chatterton, 

 John Dewsenburgh, 

 Thomas Cromwell, 

 Solomon Horton, 

 Peter Bussing, b 

 Thomas Valentine, 

 Peter Bussing, Jr., 

 James KnifiVn. 

 Nathan'l Underbill, Jr., 

 Phillip Fowhr, 

 John McFarthing, 

 John Tompkins, 

 Joseph Hart, 

 Jacob Post, 

 Joseph Gidney, 

 James Baxter, 

 John Hunt, 

 Cornelius Loosee, 

 Jesse Park, 



Samuel Purdy, 

 Sylvanufl Purdy, 

 Willliam Dalton, 

 David Davids, 

 Elijah Purdy, Jr., 

 Elijah Tompkins, 

 Daniel Jerow, 

 Charles Lawrence, 

 Joseph Purdy, Jr., 

 James Sniffln, Jr., 

 Gilbert Valentine, 

 Andrew Guion, 

 Gilbert Hunter, 

 Lt. Peter Bonnett, 

 Samuel Sneeden, 

 Peter Fasbee, 

 Jesse Lawrence, 

 William Sneeden, 

 Dr. Daniel Knap, 

 Solomon Dean, 

 Charles Vincent, Sen., 

 Lieut. Thomas Hyatt, 

 James Gidney, 

 William Woodward, 



Samuel Heusted, 

 Bartholomew Underbill, 

 Lieut. John Warner, 

 Nath'l Purdy, 

 Isaac Bennett, 

 Samuel Baker, « 

 John Cromwell, 

 John Storm, 

 Andrew Fowler, 

 Joshua Seacord, 

 Abraham Rich, 

 George French, 

 John Underbill, 

 Caleb Gidney, 

 William Underbill, Jr., 

 James Hill, 

 William Watkins, 

 John Itustin, 

 Richard Baker, 

 Will Ascough, 

 Bishop Huestice, 

 James Miller, 

 Phineas Huut, 



The following persons, not being able to attend at the Plains, requested by 

 their friends that their names might be added to the list of protestors, viz.: — 



John Hunt, Esq., 

 Jeremiah Hitchcock, 



Philip Palmer, Esq., 

 William Bond, 



John Hitchcock, 

 Joseph Bond. 



The foregoing account is strict^ true, as can be proven by the testimony (or, 

 if necessary, by the affidavits), of a number of persons of the most unquestiona- 

 ble character in this county. What, then, must we think of such persons as have 

 propagated a report that the friends of government were, upon this occasion, out- 

 numbered five to one ; and that many of the persons whose names were subscribed 

 to the foregoing declaration, were not on that day present at the White Plains ? 

 They must be conscious to themselves that they have spread abroad a falsehood, 

 and they are hereby called upon, if they dare, to set their names to those asser- 

 tions. In what manner those gentlemen who chose the committee at the Plains 

 proceeded, we cannot positively say; but this we can declare with truth, that 

 we do not believe they can produce to the public the names of a hundred 

 and fifty persons who voted for a committee that day, and we are surely persua- 

 ded that they did their utmost to make their party as numerous as possible, 



a Mr. Hivinoton: — I did sign a protest which wa9 printed in your paper, but I did so be- 

 cause I waa told that the intent of signing it was to show that I was for the liberty of the 

 country. Samuel Baker 



b That our names were not subscribed ',o the protest of Westtfhester, either by ourselves, 

 or our orders or permission, directly or indirectly, is certified bv us, each for himself. 



May 4ih, 1TT5. Peter Bussing. John Bussing, 



