[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] this County" were desirous to go thither and "reduce the Enemies to their Country before they are supported by the Regular Troops." Of course no attention was paid to the offer. In March, 1776, General Lee was superseded in command in New York City by General Lord Stirling, son of the famous colonial lawyer, James Alexander, lie was replaced by General Putnam, who re-mained in charge until Washington's arrival (April 111. The second provincial congress expired on the 13th of May, 1770, and the following day was appointed for the assembling of the third. No quorum was obtained, however, until the 18th. The delegates from Westchester County were Colonel Pierre Van Cortlandt, Colonel Lewis Graham, Colonel Gilbert Drake, Major Ebenezer Lockwood, Gouverneur Morris, William Paulding, Jonathan G. Tompkins, Sam-uel Ilavilaml, and Peter Fleming. The third provincial congress was the last of the series to sit in the City of New York, where its sessions came to an abrupt end on the 30th of June, the enemy's long-expected fleet having arrived the day before in the bay. Among the members of this congress were John Jay. James Duane, John Alsop, Philip Livingston, and Francis Lewis, who also were representatives from New York City in the continental congress then sitting at Phila-delphia.