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Westchester County (New-York) Committee

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WESTCHESTER COUNTY (NEW-YORK) COMMITTEE.

In the Committee of the County of Westchester, held at Lieutenant Bull' s, at the White Plains, September 28, 1775:

Resolved, That notice be given in one of the publick newspapers of this Colony, that any of the inhabitants of Westchester County, who go to the Fort, now building at Martelaer' s Rock, without a certificate from the Chairman, or two of the Committee of said County, of their being friends to the liberty of America, will be apprehended by the persons employed in building the Fort.

Extract from the Minutes:

GILBERT DRAKE, Chairman.

Details

Title

Committee for Westchester County, New-York, direct that persons going to the Fort, now building in the Highlands, without a certificate of their being friends to the liberty of America, be arrested

Creator

New-York, Westchester County Committee

Editor

New-York, Westchester County Committee

Resource Type

text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1775-09-28

Recipient

New-York, Westchester County Committee

Presentation Location

Westchester County, New-York, North America

Before Whom

New-York, Westchester County Committee

Subject

Key people, events, and institutions: meetings, provincial conventions and assemblies
Military action: intelligence and planning
Mobilizing the populace: elections and dissemination of convention proceedings
Political philosophy: liberty

Document ID

S4-V3-P01-sp16-D0397

Series

S4

Volume

S4-V3

Part

S4-V3-P01

Sub-Part

S4-V3-P01-sp16

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