[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] 328 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY of Admiralty under the new provisional government, In 1779 he became chief justice of the New York State Supreme Court, succeed-ing John Jay. The committee to detect conspiracies began its sessions on the 15th of June, with John Jay as its chairman. It sent summonses to all the Westchester County men named in the resolutions. The limits of our space do not admit of a detailed notice of the action of the committee concerning these various cases, none of which, except-ing that of Frederick Philipse, possesses any very important historic interest. The history of Philipse's case may properly be completed in the present connection. In the summons sent to him he was ordered to appear before the committee on the 3d of July, lie sent the following reply: Philipsborough, July 2, 1776. Gentlemen : — I was served on Saturday evening last with a paper signed by you, in which you suggest that you are authorized by the Congress to summon certain persons to appear before you, whose conduct had been represented as inimical to the rights of America, of which number you say I am one.