Morris's Memorial History of Staten Island, New York Volume 1 Paperback -

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...and while under examination, the said Committee "permitted the defendants. Cornelins Martino, Richard Conner and John Burbank, to insult and abuse him," and he asked the protection of Congress, " as he considered his person and property unsafe." Lord Stirling, as commander of the Continental troops in New York, issued a warrant "to apprehend John James Boyd, of Richmond County, and to have him brought before the Congress." Captain John Warner, to whom the warrant was delivered for execution, laid it before that body on the 14th of March, when it "was considered and decided that Boyd was so unimportant and insignificant a person as not to deserve the trouble and expense of apprehending him." This depreciation of importance Boyd resented, and on the 21st sent a note to the Committee of Safety, claiming to be " a steady and warm friend to his country." He pronounced any accusation against him unfounded. Christian Jacobson, as chairman of the County Committee, on the first of April, 1776, reported the organization of four companies of militia on the Island, the officers of which were to be duly commissioned. This was the OLD CHRISTOPHER HOMESTEAD, WILLOW BROOK. House in which Committee of Safety met during the Revolution. battalion commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Billopp, and contained the two companies previously alluded to as being raised for the Continental service. They were stationed on Staten Island throughout the war, and served as a provost guard. They were in two or three skirmishes, but were not very reliable soldiers. On the 3d of April, Mr. Lawrence, a member from Richmond, reported that the county was " already furnished with fourteen good flats or scows, which was sufficient for th...