Now to our station let us march
And rendezvous with pleasure,
Behaving like brave Minute Men
To save so great a treasure.
Toll de rol, &c.

We'll let 'em see immediately
That we are men of mettle,
American boys who fear no noise,
And ne'er will flinch from battle.
Toll de rol, &c.

We have some noble Congressmen

Elected for our nurses,

And every jolly farmer will
Assist 'em with their purses.

Toll de rol, &c.

And they may stay at home, we say,
And enjoy their state of pleasure,
While we do go and fight their foo
And save their lives and treasure.
Toll de rol, &c.

Why should we be dismayed,

If the Tories-they do thunder,

They only want to ruin us

And live upon their plunder.

Toll de rol, &c.

Such heavy chains we do disdain,

And likewise Popish tyranny;

Such hellish frays we do defy,

And will not yield to any.

Toll de rol, &c.

Why should we be dismayed
If the Tories-they defy us?
There are the brave riflemen,
They say they will stand by us.

Toll de rol, &c.

That Tory brood that has withstood

This great and glorious jovial,

If they advance, we'll make 'em dance

The tune of Yankee Doodle.

Toll de rol, &c.

33. At a meeting of us, the freemen, freeholders and other inhabitants of Great Neck, Cow Neck, and all such as lately belonged to the company of Captain Stephen Thorne, in Queens county, being duly warned on Saturday, Sept.

23d, 1775, and taking into our serious consideration our distressed and calamitous situation, and being convinced of our total inability to pursue proper measures for our common safety, while we in all cases are considered as a part of the township of Hempstead, and being conscious that self-preservation, the immutable law of nature, is indispensable, do therefore,

1. Resolve, That during the present controversy, or so long as their general conduct is inimical to freedom, we be no further considered as a part of the township of Hempstead than is consistent with peace, liberty and safety; therefore in all matters relative to the Congressional plan, we shall consider ourselves as an entire, separate and independent beat or district.

2. Resolve, That Mr. Daniel Kissam, Henry Stocker, W. Cornwell, John Burtis, Daniel Whitehead Kissam, Adrian Onderdonck, Wm. Thorne, John Cornwell, Simon Sands, Benj. Sands, John Mitchell, Sen., Martin Schenck, Peter Onderdonck, and Thomas Dodge, be a committee for this beat or district. True copy. attested.

JOHN FARMER, Clerk of the Meeting. In Committee for the District of Cow Neck, Great Neck, &c., in Queens county, Oct. 4, 1775.

Present, John Cornwell, William Cornwell, Thos. Dodge, Simon Sands, Adrian Onderdonck, Daniel Whitehead Kissam, Peter Onderdonck, John Burtis, Benj. Sands.

Then proceeded and chose Benj. Sands, Chairman. Then adjourned to 7th instant.

In Committee according to adjournment:

Present, John Cornwell, Wm, Cornwell, Benj. Sands, Simon Sands, Peter Onderdonck, Adrian Onderdonck, Thomas Dodge, Daniel Whitehead Kissam, Martin Schenck, when the following resolutions were passed nem con. :

1. Resolved, That the proceedings of the meeting of the 23d of September, for enabling this part of the county to pursue Congressional measures, and the committee chosen in consequence, be immediately laid before the Honorable the Pro

vincial Congress, or in their recess, the Committee of Safety, for their approbation.

2. Resolved, That the following gentlemen having signed the General Association, and being duly elected as officers of the militia company, lately formed in this district, agreeably to the recommendations of the Honorable Provincial Congress of this colony, are hereby returned according:

John Sands, Captain; Henry Allen, first Lieutenant; Thomas Mitchell, second Lieutenant; Aspinwall Cornwell, Ensign. Signed by order,

BENJAMIN SANDS, Chairman.

True copy, attested.

JOHN FARMER, Clerk of Committee.

TO PETER VAN BRUGH LIVINGSTON, Esq.

The Provincial Congress were highly pleased with these proceedings, and replied as follows:

In Provincial Congress, at New-York, Oct. 12, 1775.

SIR: The Congress have received the state of the proceedings of the inhabitants of Great Neck, Cow Neck, &c., relative to the choice of a committee and of officers for that district, and highly approve of their conduct therein. The commissions are enclosed to the officers agreeable to the choice made; and the Congress doubt not that your committee and the other associators, will, in their conduct, manifest a due attention to the important interests of their country in its present alarming and critical situation.

We are, your humble servants.

P. S. You are requested to return a list of the Associators as soon as may be convenient.

NATHANIEL WOODHULL, President.

TO BENJAMIN SANDS, Esq.,

Ch'n of Com. of Great and Cow Neck.

Vote for Deputies.

34. Nov. 7, 1775. Jamaica. The polls were opened from Tuesday till Saturday, 5 o'clock, afternoon. The persons nominated for Deputies to Congress, were

Col. Jacob Blackwell, N.,
Samuel Townsend, Esq., O.,
Benj. Sands, C. N.,

Wm. Townsend, Esq., O.,
Waters Smith, J.,

Jeromus Remsen, Jr., N.,

Stephen Van Wyck, F.

The vote stood against Deputies 788; for Deputies 221,