Hadley, in which town we both reside; and that we then and
there entered into a conversation concerning Mr. Young, and
that Mr. Cowles intimated to me that Mr. Young's treatment
was haughty towards the members, and said that he was
disappointed in his expectations in the treatment he received
from Mr. Young, and he further told me that he thought it
would be as well to send some _other_ man to the Legislature
the then ensuing year.

"I further certify, that some time in the fall of 1815, I had
another conversation with the said Benjamin Cowles, Esq. on
the subject of the affidavits that had been published,
relative to the conversation said to have passed between
Isaiah Bunce and Thomas Palmer, and the members in Albany;
and that during that conversation he did not contradict the
statements published, but gave me to understand that the same
were true, and intimated that he had inconsiderately signed
the certificate published during the election.

"I further certify, that Mr. Cowles was the first person, who
informed me of the ill-treatment the members had received
from Mr. Young, and that it would be as well to send some
other person to the Legislature the ensuing year.--BARRY
FENTON. _Hadley, March 1816_."

"I, Jacob Thorn, of Galway, in the county of Saratoga; do
certify, that shortly after the affidavits of Messrs. Bunce,
Palmer, Allcott, Dunning and Edwards, were published,
relative to the conversation they had with Messrs. Ketcham,
Gardner and Cowles in Albany; I had a conversation with Mr.