3. That all motions and addresses shall be made to the Chair, and standing.

4. That if more than one shall rise to speak at the same time, the Chairman shall determine who shall first be heard.

5. That the substance of every motion which is seconded, shall be entered on the minutes

6. That no interruption shall be suffered while a member is delivering his sentiments.

7. That every question shall be determined by a majority of voices; and, after a determination, the same question shall not be resumed, but with the consent of the majority at a subsequent meeting.

8. That when a question shall be determined upon a division, the names of the members shall be entered as they shall vote on each side; and the dissentients, or any of them, shall be at liberty to enter their protest.

9. That the Committee shall meet upon their adjournments. But upon application of any five members, the Chairman, or in his absence, the Deputy Chairman, in the absence _of both, the Secretary, shall call a special meeting; printed notice whereof shall be left at the residence of each member.

10. That none but members shall be permitted to take copies of the Commitees' letters or proceedings without leave of the Board. That for the despatch of business, and to prevent interruptions, the doors at our meetings shall be shut; but that any citizen shall have free access to our proceedings, in the presence of a member.

11. That when both the Chairman and Deputy Chairman shall be out of town, the five first members named on the list of the body who may be in town, shall be at liberty to open letters directed to the Committee.

12. That every member who shall be absent at any meeting, or shall appear fifteen minutes after the appointed hour, (to be determined by the Chairman) shall forfeit a fine of two shillings; and if any member, after appearing, shall leave the meeting, without obtaining the consent of the Chairman, he shall forfeit eight shillings.

13. That at every meeting these Rules shall be publicly read, previous to the proceeding upon business.

Ordered, That Joseph Allicocke be appointed Secretary, and Thomas Pettit Messsenger of the Board.

Ordered, That Messrs. Peter Van Schaack, Francis Lewis, John Jay, Alexander McDougall, and Theophilact Bache, be a Committee to write a Circular Letter to the Supervisors in the different counties, acquainting them of the appointment of this Committee, and submitting to the consideration of the inhabitants of the counties whether it could not be expedient for them, to appoint persons to correspond with This Committee, upon matters relative to the purposes for which they are appointed.

The Committee adjourned to meet at the Exchange, on Monday next, the 6th June, 1774, at 6 o'clock, in the evening.*

New-York, May 31, 1774

At a special meeting, held this evening, at 6 o'clock, at the Exchange: Present,

The Committee appointed to write Circular Letters to the Supervisors in this different towns in the Province, produced a draft of a Letter for that purpose, which was approved of.

Ordered, That Mr. Francis Lewis procure three hundred printed copies thereof, to be transmitted with all convenient speed, enclosed to the Treasurer of each county, with a line signed by the Chairman, requesting their care in forwarding them, and that intimation be given in the newspapers that such Circular Letters have been sent.

A Letter from Mr. Charles Thomson of Philadelphia, signed by order of, and in behalf of Deputies convened from the different congregations in Philadelphia, dated May 29th, 1774. The Committee conceiving that the subject of this Letter not being in their province:

Ordered, That copies thereof be made out well, and sent to the Clergy of the different denominations W this city, and that a Letter be written by the Chairman, informing Mr. Thomson thereof.

Which was accordingly done; a copy of which is as follows:

New York, June 1, 1774

SIR: Your favour of the 29th ultimo, by express, was laid before our Committee of Correspondence last evening.

I am directed to acquaint you, that, conceiving the subject of it to be out of their province, they could only order copies to be delivered to the Clergymen of the different congregations in this city, that they may conduct themselves therein, as to them shall seem fit By order of the Committee. Sir, your most humble servant

ISAAC LOW, Chairman.

Mr. Charles Thomson.

Pursuant to a Resolve of the last meeting, the following is a copy of a Letter transmitted to the respective Treasurers of each county in this Province, enclosing Circular Letters to be by them forwarded to the Supervisors in their respective Districts.

New-York, June 3, 1771.

SIR: It having been thought expedient by the Committee of Correspondence in this city to send circular letters to the Supervisors of the several counties in this Province, I am directed to enclose a sufficient number of them to

* Among the Letters written at this time by persons in New-York to their Correspondents in Great Britain, were the following:

EXTRACT OF A LETTER TO A GENTLEMAN IN LONDON.

Notwithstanding the boasted resolutions of many of the principal people of tills Colony stand forth in defence of their rights and liberties, we are well assured that most of them are sorry for embarking in the cause so far and, that they only want an opportunity to throw off the mask, to join with the friends of Government. If the Minister was wicked enough to load us with the heaviest imposition, I doubt not but he would be able to carry his designs into execution, by means of a few men-of-war; for the spirit of the inhabitants here died away as soon: as it was known that General Gage, with a fleet of ships, arrived at Boston, to shut up the ports and remove the courts of judicature. I heartily wish that an end were put to all disputes between us and our mother errantry, that trade and commerce might flourish again, for whilst these contentions last, the merchants of your city must feel the effects of it as well as us The Spaniards alone have had the advantage, and they are ready to receive us under their protection; but I hope the people are more loyal than to accept of their offers.

NEW YORK, May 30, 1774.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER TO A GENTLEMAN IN LONDON.

I have the pleasure to inform you that General Gage arrived safe, and in good health, at Boston, in twenty-five days from Portsmouth. He landed at the Castle, and immediately sent for the Council, where ha made a speech to them which was spirited, but at the same time tempered with very sound and wholesome advice. In two or three days ho made his entry into Boston, and had his commission read; upon which the Bostonians tell us, in their newspaper, that they shewed him every demonstation of their attention; that they made him a grand entertainment at Faneuil Hall, but even could not help affronting him at that grand Bostonian feast, by hissing him, because ho gave Governour Hutchinson as a toast. You nor your friends must not imagine there was any honesty in those marks of joy these Bostonians shewed the General on this occasion;—no sir, it was hypocrisy all; for at the same time they were sending express after express to the Southern Colonies, assuring them that at several loyal town meetings, as they call them, they had come to the resolution of shutting up their port; that they would fast and pray, and stand firm to the cause, of American, liberty, raving out invocations to their dear sisters, to join them in this firm work. But allowing the loyal town of Boston all the merit they assume to themselves, for the very curious and remarkable and no less sensible resolution of shutting up their port, after they and all the other Colonies know very well that Parliament had first done that business for them, yet it won't all do. It is true the Presbyterian junto, or self-constituted Committee of the Sons of Liberty for the city of New-York, (as they style themselves) which had stood ever since the time of the Stamp Act, had taken upon them to write letters to Boston to their brethren there, assuring them, "that the city of New-York would heartily join them against the cruel and arbitrary proceedings of the British Parliament, &c, which as soon as the gentlemen of property in this city knew, they were very justly alarmed, and a meeting of the inhabitants was desired at the Coffee House, when, in spite of all that could be done by the old Committee, which consisted of eight or ten flaming patriots without property, or any thing else but impudence, a new Committee was chosen, consisting of fifty members, most of them men. of sense, coolness, and property; arid I understand that nearly the same, thing was done at Philadelphia Now, sir, these two new selfauthorized. Committees have wrote to the Bostonians. "that they are of opinion that they certainly ought to pay for the tea they had destroyed, because it would be no more than justice so to do; that to be sure the British. Parliament had behaved very cruelly to them in making such an Act, and they heartily condole with them on account of the dreadful hard circumstances,. they were thereby reduced to. But as to