"We, the members of the Provincial Congress, the County Committee, and the Committees of the different townships, elected by the inhabitants of Kings County, feel the highest satisfaction in having it in our power to dissolve ourselves without danger of the county being dissoluted, as it was by repeated threats some short time ago. We do hereby accordingly dissolve ourselves, rejecting and disclaiming all power of Congress and committees, totally refusing obedience thereto, and revoking all proceedings under them whatsoever, as being repugnant to the laws and constitution of the British Empire, and undutiful to our sovereign, and ruinous to the welfare and prosperity of this county. We beg leave to assure your Excellency we shall be exceeding happy in obeying the legal authority of government, whenever your Excellency shall be pleased to call us forth, being of long experience well assured of your Excellency's mild and upright administration." This paper was signed on December 3 and 4. Amongst the parties who appended their signatures to this obsequious missive are the following, many of whom will be recognized as prominent in the annals of the community:-- Philip Nagel W^m Johnson Evert Suydam Richard Stillwell Johannes E. Lott Rem Cowenhoven Nich Cowenhoven Joost Duryea Jeremiah Vanderbilt Stephen Voorhies Denyse Denyce Engelbert Lott I. Hubbard Garret Wyckoff Richard Stillwell, Jr. Rutgers Van Brunt Adrien Hegeman Abram Laguare Derick Remsen Abram Voorhies Adrian Voorhies Petrus Van Pelt Leffert Lefferts Wilh^s Stoothoof Casper Crisper Isaac Cortelyou Petrus Lott Johannes De Bevoice Isaac Denyce Johannes Bergen John Vanderbilt Theodorus Polhemus W^m Van Brunt Jacobus Vanderwenter Cor^s Wyckoff Jeremias Remsen[54] That these men, who had served in official stations in councils of the state, and who had witnessed for a dozen years the aggressions of the Crown, should so far submit to British authority, and be willing to resume the yoke when an opportunity was presented by concerted action to throw off the shackles which bound them to the mother country, is perhaps sufficient evidence of the strain produced by the peculiar situation in Kings County.