In Provincial Congress, June 20, 1775.

SIR:We have received your favours of the 17th and 18th instant, and beg leave to testify to you our high sense of the readiness which you shew to assist our Colony. That honest zeal which inspirits the bosoms of our countrymen in Connecticut commands our admiration and praise. With the warmest affection for them, the most fervent attention to the publick welfare, and the greatest respect, Sir, for you, we are your very humble servants.

By order and on behalf of the Provincial Congress.

To Major-General Wooster.

P. S. We enclose a letter for you received by our messenger from Philadelphia.

Ordered, That a copy thereof be engrossed, and signed by the President, and sent by Mr. Bradford.

A Letter from John Hancock, Esquire, President of the Continental Congress, bearing date on the 12th inst., was read and filed, and is in the words following, to wit:

“Philadelphia, June 12, 1775.

“GENTLEMEN: By order of the Congress I forward you the enclosed Resolves, passed on the 10th instant, the importance and propriety of which you will readily perceive, as the safely of America greatly depends on our having it in our power to supply ourselves with the means of defence. I am, gentlemen, your most obedient humble servant,

JOHN HANCOCK,President.

“To the Members of the Provincial Congress of New-York.”

The Resolves of the Continental Congress, received, enclosed in the above Letter, were also read and filed.

The Mayor of the City informed the President that without the aid of this Congress, Captain Vanderput, of the Ship Asia, cannot get any small necessaries for himself or his Ship; and that Captain Vanderput requests such aid of this Congress as may give him relief in the premises.

Ordered, That Abraham Lott, Esquire, be at liberty to supply Captain Vanderput and the Ship Asia with such small necessaries as may be wanted from time to time.

A Letter from Mr. Brook Watson to the President, setting forth that he is going into Canada, mentioning his suite, and the Letters in his custody, and requesting such Letter from Congress as may facilitate his journey; and also a card from Lord and Lady Chatham, were read:

And thereupon a draught of a recommendatory Passport for the said Brook Watson and his suite, was prepared, read, and approved of, and is in the words following, to wit:

In Provincial Congress, New-York, June 20, 1775.

To all Officers in the service of the Colonies, Members of Committees, and others of the friends of AMERICAN liberty, greeting:

BRETHREN: Take notice that Mr. Brook Watson, now about to depart hence for the Province of Quebeck, having applied to this Congress for a passport, we, well convinced that the said Brook Watson is a true friend to this Country and its rights, do desire you to give him every assistance, and shew him all the civilities in your power, and that you forward him and his suite, being Messieurs Joseph Marie Tonnencour and Louis Perras, companions of the said Brook Watson, and Daniel McKinzie, his servant. We are, gentlemen, your humble servants.

By order and on behalf of the Congress.

Ordered, That a copy thereof be engrossed, and signed by the President, and countersigned by the Secretaries, and delivered to Mr. Brook Watson; and that Messrs. Morris, Richard Yates, Clarkson, and Low, be a Committee to wait on him, and receive of him such information as he can give that may be useful for the interest of America.

A copy of a Letter bearing date at Newport, on the 14th instant, from Jonathan Otis, Chairman of the Committee of Inspection there, was read and filed.

A draught of a Letter to the Committees of East and South-Hampton, was read, and is in the words following, to wit:

In Provincial Congress, New-York, June 20, 1775.

GENTLEMEN: A copy of the Letter from the Committee of Newport to your Committee, concerning certain persons now under inoculation in your Town, being laid before us, we earnestly recommend to you that you would be very careful that they be so secu|red and sent off as not to have it in their power to spread the infection. You have enclosed the resolution of this Congress prohibiting inoculation for the small-pox until the first of December next. We are, &c.

To the Committees of Observation of the Towns of East and South-Hampton.

Ordered, That a copy thereof be engrossed, signed by the President, and, with a copy of the Resolve of this Congress against Inoculation for the Small-Pox, be delivered to Mr. L’Hommedieu to be forwarded.

A Certificate from Jonathan Wells, Samuel Wadsworth, and Epaphras Bull, the Committee of Hartford, bearing date the 13th instant, certifying that Richard Sharpless, the bearer, is one of the soldiers lately taken at Ticonde-roga, and was coming to New-York to collect money due to him, was read; and the soldier mentioned in the said Certificate attending at the door, and being lame,

Ordered, That the Doorkeeper provide Lodging for him at the cheapest rate, until the further order of this Congress.

Mr. Verplanck(seconded by Mr. Melancton Smith) moved in the following words, to wit:

I move that the sum of £2,000, when we receive the Continental Currency, be lent to Messrs. Van Vleeck and Kip, at five per cent., for the term of two years, they giving security for the same, to enable them to manufacture Saltpetre; and that this Congress engage to take from them any quantity of Saltpetre, under twenty tons, that they may manufacture in this Colony within a twelve month, at the rate of 2s, 6d per pound.

And debates arose thereon, and the question being put, it was carried in the negative in the manner following, to wit:

A Letter from John Hancock, Esquire, President of the Continental Congress, bearing date the 15th instant, was read, and is in the words following, to wit:

“Philadelphia, June 15, 1775.

“GENTLEMEN: Your letter, of 10th instant, to the Delegates of New-York, has been laid before the Congress, in consequence of which I am (?) you the thanks of the Congress for your (?) case of Captain Coffin’s vessel, and to recommend to you that the vessel be unloaded, and the cargo safely stored, until all just suspicions concerning the destination of it shall be removed. I am, gentlemen, your most obedient humble servant,

JOHN HANCOCK,President.

“ To the Members of the Provincial Congress, New- York.”

A Letter from the Provincial Congress of New-Hampshire, together with a certified copy of a Resolve of that Congress, were read and filed.

Ordered, That Mr. Tappen and Mr. Christopher P. Yates be added to the Committee for the arrangement of Troops to be raised in this Colony.

The Congress adjourned to to-morrow morning, nine o’clock.

Die Mercurii, 9 ho. A. M., June 21, 1775.

The Congress met pursuant to adjournment, and opened with prayers by the Rev. Mr. Moore Present:

For the City and County of New-York.—Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Esq., President; Isaac Low, Alexander McDougall, Leonard Lispenard, Abraham Walton, Abraham Brasher, Isaac Roosevelt, John De Lan-cey, James Beekman, Samuel Verplanck, Richard