Representative Men Of New York PDF Download

Excerpt from Representative Men of New York, Vol. 2: A Record of Their Achievements The entire State was aroused by the glorious news, and on the very day of Allen's victory, John Jay, Robert R. Livingston and George Clinton represented New York in an assembly of delegates gathering from the colonies in the Second Continental Congress, at Philadelphia. Volunteers were drilling all over the land, British troops were leaving New York for Boston, the seat of action, and Americans could no longer remain neutral they were quickly forced to declare which side they chose. It soon became apparent that the bulk of New York's people sided against the British, although western Long Island did for a time appear to be under the dominion of the Tories, and in the valley of the Mohawk a company of royal militia was collected. But even there they were outnumbered by the patriots who, at Scho harie, put to flight a band of men wearing red cockades. In this affray an Indian was killed, a truly unfortunate incident for the colonists, since the Iroquois were already inclined to side with the English, and only a portion of the Oneidas eventually joined the army of the revolutionists. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.