[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He served as Lieutenant-Governor from 1777 to 1795, " rilling the office with great dignity." 2 He was the president of the convention that established the Con-stitution.3 In l7X'i he saw the desire of his heart 1 Address of Hon. Chauncey II. DupeV, at Sing Sing, July 4th. '-W. li ving's " Life of Washington," vol. ii., page 192. 3 " In the Senate he presided with dignity and propriety, nor over suf-fered his opinion to he known until railed upon i Btltutionally to de-cide, and his vote was then given with promptness, uiiinllueneed hy party feelings and evidencing the conditions of a sound and honest mind."— Gazette, 1814. granted, when he entered once more the city of his birth at the head of a train of exiles, who, for seven years, bad been strangers to their homes and hearths, and he thus transcribes a brief record of this entry into New York : " I went from Peekskill Tuesday, the ltfth of November, in company with His Excellency, Governor Clinton, Coll. Benson and Coll. Campbell, lodged that night with Genl. Cortlandt at Croton River, proceeded and lodged Wednesday night at Ewd-Cowenhoven's, where we met His Excellency General Washington and his aids. The next night lodged with Mr. Fredk. V. Cortlandt at the Yonkers, after having, dined with Gen. Lewis Morris. Friday morning, in company with the Commander-in-Chief,;is far as the Widow Day's at Harlem, where we held a Council. Saturday I rode down to Mr.