purpose a place was appointed where the next meeting should be held.

4th. That immediately upon the receipt of the Letter from the Committee of the City of New-York, of the 16th of March last, Circular Letters were despatched to the several Precincts in the County, mentioning the time when another meeting would be held at the place appointed, as above.

5th. That Town Meetings, for the purpose of taking the sense of the Inhabitants with respect to sending Deputies to attend this Convention, have been held in only six Precincts.

6th. That taking the six Precincts throughout, of the persons who actually appeared and gave their voices, either for or against the measure, a majority were in favour of it.

And the said Certificate and state of facts having been read and heard, and duly considered, they were accepted of by this Convention, and filed with the Secretary.

The Secretary being then called on for that purpose, reported to the Convention that, in pursuance of their order, he yesterday evening waited on Mr. Low, who, in substance, informed him that, as he could not attend the Committee when the measure of having eleven Deputies for the City and County of New-York was in agitation, he got a friend to signify to the Committee his disapprobation of the measure, and that if he was nominated he should think himself obliged to refuse to serve; that he had afterwards published a declaration that he would not serve as a Deputy, that the City might have an opportunity to supply his place, if it was thought necessary to have eleven Deputies, and that, therefore, the Convention are not to consider him as a Member.

Resolved unanimously, That this Convention, sensible of the services of the Delegates from this Colony who attended the Continental Congress, in order to express their approbation of their conduct, and as a mark of the confidence reposed in them, have unanimously re-elected all of them Delegates to attend the next Continental Congress at Philadelphia, except Mr. Isaac Low, who had previously declared that the Convention was not to consider him as a Member of this Convention, and is therefore ineligible.

John Herring, Esquire, declined attending at the next Continental Congress as a Delegate, and assigned his reasons to the Convention, which are approved of, and he is therefore excused.

Resolved unanimously, That five gentlemen be added, as Delegates, to those who attended the last Continental Congress, and re-elected by this Convention, and that they be chosen by ballot.

And the following gentlemen were then elected by ballot, nemine contradicente, viz: Colonel Philip Schuyler, George Clinton, Esquire, Colonel Lewis Morris, Robert R. Livingston, Junior, Esquire, and Francis Lewis, Esquire.

Resolved, therefore, unanimously, That Philip Livingston, James Duane, John Alsop, John Jay, Simon Boerum, William Floyd, Henry Wisner, Philip Schuyler, George Clinton, Lewis Morris, Francis Lewis, and Robert R. Livingston, Junior, Esquires, be Delegates to represent this Colony at the next Continental Congress to be held at the City of Philadelphia on the 10th day of May next, with full power to them, or any five of them, to meet the Delegates from the other Colonies, and to concert and determine upon such measures as shall be judged most effectual for the preservation and re-establishment of American rights and privileges, and for the restoration of harmony between Great Britain and the Colonies.

The Convention then adjourned till to-morrow morning, eleven o’clock.

Die Sabbati, 11 hora, A. M., April 22, 1775.

The Convention assembled at the Exchange, in New-York, pursuant to adjournment, Present:

CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK. —Philip Livingston, Esquire, President, John Alsop, Esquire, Leonard Lispenard, Esquire, Francis Lewis, Esquire, Messrs. Abraham Walton, Isaac Roosevelt, Alexander McDougall, Abraham Brasher, and James Duane, Esquire.

CITY AND COUNTY OF ALBANY.—Colonel Philip Schuyler, Colonel Abraham Ten Broeck, Abraham Yates, Jun., Esquire, and Walter Livingston, Esquire.

ULSTER COUNTY.— Charles De Witt, George Clinton, and Levy Pawling, Esquires.

ORANGE COUNTY.— Colonel A. Hawkes Hay, Henry Wisner, Esquire, John Herring, Esquire, Messrs. Peter Clowes, and Israel Seely.

DUTCHESS COUNTY.— Robert R. Livingston, Jun., Esquire, Colonel Morris Graham, and Egbert Benson, Esquire.

WESTCHESTER COUNTY.—Colonel Lewis Morris, John Thomas, Jun., Esquire, Robert Graham, Esquire, Major Philip Van Cortlandt, Samuel Drake, Esquire, and Mr. Stephen Ward.

KING’S COUNTY.— Simon Boerum, Esquire, and John Vanderbilt.

SUFFOLK COUNTY.—Colonel William Floyd, Colonel Nathaniel Woodhull, Colonel Phineas Fanning, John Sloss Hobart, Esquire, and Thomas Tredwell, Esquire.

NEWTOWN, OYSTER BAY, FLUSHING, AND JAMAICA, IN QUEEN’S COUNTY.—Colonel Joseph Blackwell, Zebulon Williams, Esquire, Messrs. John Talman, and Joseph Robinson.

A Draft of Credentials for the Delegates of this Colony, elected and appointed to attend at the next Continental Congress at Philadelphia, being read and approved, was agreed to, and is in the words following, to wit:

At a Provincial Convention, formed of Deputies from the City and County of New-York, the City and County of Albany, and the Counties of Dutchess, Ulster, Orange, Westchester, King’s, and Suffolk, held at the City of New-York the twenty-second day of April, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, for the purpose of appointing Delegates to represent the Colony of New-York in the next Continental Congress, to be held at the City of Philadelphia on the tenth day of May next, Philip Livingston, Esquire, James Duane, John Alsop, John Jay, Simon Boerum, William Floyd, Henry Wisner, Philip Schuyler, George Clinton, Lewis Morris, Francis Lewis, and Robert R. Livingston, Jun., Esquires, were unanimously elected Delegates to represent this Colony at such Congress, with full power to them, or any five of them, to meet the Delegates from the other Colonies, and to concert and determine upon such measures as shall be judged most effectual for the preservation and re-establishment of American rights and privileges, and for the restoration of harmony between Great Britain and the Colonies.

Ordered, That the same be subscribed by the Members of this Convention, and that fair copies be made of the Resolutions of this Convention appointing the Delegates, as also a list of the Deputies who attended thereat, and that the same be signed by the President, and published in the New-York Newspapers.

Ordered, That the thanks of this Convention be given to the Secretary for his services on this occasion; which was accordingly done.

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