Essays presented at a conference held at Tarrytown, N.Y., Nov. 2-3, 1973, and sponsored by Sleepy Hollow Restorations and the New York State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. Includes index.

The Loyalist problem in the Lower Hudson Valley : The British perspective /John Shy -- Guerrilla activities of James DeLancey's cowboys in Westchester County : Conventional warfare or self-interested freebooting? / Catherine S. Crary -- Frederick Philipse III of Westchester County : A reluctant Loyalist / Jacob Judd -- Peter Van Schaack : The conscience of a Loyalist / William A. Benton -- William Franklin : The making of a conservative / Willard S. Randall -- The New York Loyalists : A cross-section of colonial society / Esmond Wright -- Appendix : A Loyalist claim : The Philipse estate.