Note 752 — Chapter IV · (continued 2)

Known as the Hickey Plot. It is detailed in the Minutes of the trial and examination of certain persons in the Province of New York, charged with being engaged in a conspiracy against the authority of the Congress and the liberties of America (London, 1786,—Menzies, no. 1,400), which was reprinted (100 copies) as Minutes of Conspiracy against the liberties of America, at Philadelphia in 1865. The ringleader was one of Washington's life guard, Thomas Hickey, who was hanged in June, 1776. David Matthews, the mayor of New York, was implicated, and Governor Tryon was charged with a knowledge of the plot. Matthews was arrested and confined in Connecticut (Orderly-book of Sir John Johnson, 214, 215). Cf. N. Y. in the Rev. (papers in N. Y. Merc. Library), p. 66; Irving's Washington, ii. 232; N. E. Hist. and Geneal. Reg., xxiii. 205; Johnston's Campaign of 1776, Doc. 129.