[ 138 ] EDWARD H. TEBBENHOFF lin estimated by the end of the first month that "there cannot be less than 4 or 500 who have already associated!'49 The associators organized themselves in three "societies" in order to strike more effectively at the enemy. One group maintained a base at Kingsbridge, New York, to operate against rebel forces in the Hudson Highlands. Another society, based at Lloyd's Neck on Long Island, used whale- boats to attack the coast of Connecticut. A third force harrassed the coastline of New Jersey from havens at Bergen Point and Paulus Hook.50 An examination of the minutes of the board of directors reveals some interesting facts and calls into question many prevailing assumptions concerning the character of the organization. Appointment to the board meant acceptance of rigorous, time-consuming, and not always satisfying work. The board received no pay for its services.51 This refutes Thomas Jones' statement that the board received £200 per year in salary and undermines his contention that the board acted primarily for self-gain.52 The board gave serious attention to its duties and maintained a heavy work agenda. During much of 1781 the board met on an average of every other day.53 It determined the places to be attacked, usually supply centers, blockhouses, the bases of rebel privateers, and small encampments and outposts. Since these are traditional military targets, the generalization that the Associated Loyalists destroyed homes and churches, and looted and murdered people indiscriminately, becomes highly questionable. What may be described as a typical expedition of the Associated Loyalists took place on April 18, 1781. Six boatloads of Associated Loyalists, led by Captain Nathan Hubbel, set out for the coast of Connecticut. At sunset the men spied an enemy schooner lying near 4» William Franklin to Joseph Galloway, January 28,1781, PROCO, 5/82,39. 50Mariboe, "Franklin" 515. - 51Loyalist Transcripts, XL, 335. In his memorial to the claims commission in London, Franklin testified that while president of the board of Associated Loyalists, he "went through much fatiguing business, and continued exerting himself without any pay or emolument whatsoever for that Service... " Similar testimonies appear in the memorials of Robert Alexander (Loyalist Transcripts, XXXVI, 157), and Anthony Stewart (Anthony Stewart Papers, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore). 62 Jones, History of New York, I, 303. Jones erroneously states that the board of directors consisted of twenty-five members. 58 Board Minutes, January to December, 1781.