Ordered, That Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Walton call on the gentlemen of the City of New-York, who are named by the Committee to be Captains of Companies, to know whether they will consent and agree to accept of that service, and that the said Committee report with all convenient speed.

Ordered, That the Deputies from Albany County write to the Committee of Albany, and request them to have the Arms belonging to the Colony cleansed and put in good repair, at the expense of the Colony, with all convenient despatch.

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

Die Martis, 9 ho. A. M., June 27, 1775.

The Congress met pursuant to adjournment. Opened with prayers by the Rev. Dr. Livingston. Present:

For the City and County of New-York.—Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Esquire, President; Isaac Low, Alexander McDougall, Leonard Lispenard, Abraham Walton, Abraham Brasher, Isaac Roosevelt, John De Lancey, Samuel Verplanck, Richard Yates, David Clarkson, Thomas Smith, Benjamin Kissam, John Morin Scott, John Van Cortlandt, and John Marston.

For the City and County of Albany.—Abraham Yates, Peter Silvester, Walter Livingston, Robert Van Renselaer, and Henry Glenn.

For Dutchess County.—Zephaniah Platt, Richard Montgomerie, Gilbert Livingston, Jonathan Landon, Melancton Smith, and Nathaniel Sackett.

For Ulster County.— Johannes Hardenbergh, James Clinton, and John Nicholson.

For Orange County.—John Coe and Benjamin Tusteen.

For Suffolk County.—Nathaniel Woodhull, John Sloss Hobart, John Foster, Thomas Wickham, and Selah Strong.

For Westchester County.—Gouverneur Morris, Lewis Graham, Stephen Ward, Philip Van Cortlandt, William Paulding, James Holmes, David Dayton, John Thomas, Junior, and Robert Graham.

For King’s County.— Henry Williams, Jeremiah Remsen, and Theodorus Polbemus.

For Richmond County.—John Journey, Aaron Cortelyou, and Richard Conner.

For Queen’s County.—Jacob Blackwell, Jonathan Lawrence, Joseph Robinson, and Nathaniel Tom.

For Charlotte County.—(None.)

For Tryon County.—Christ. P. Yates, John Marlett.

For Cumberland County.—Paul Spooner and William Williams.

Ordered, That Messrs. Montgomerie and McDougall be a Committee, and that they take to their assistance Messrs. Anthony Rutger and Samuel Tuder, for superintending and employing some person in trying the experiment of casting one brass Field-Piece.

A Letter from the Committee of Intelligence for Charlestown, South-Carolina, enclosing a copy of an intercepted Letter from General Gage, dated at Boston, April 12, 1775, directed to Governour Martin of North-Carolina; also a printed copy of the Association entered into by the Provincial Congress of South-Carolina, were read, filed, and are in the words following, to wit:

“Charlestown, South-Carolina, June 6, 1775.

“GENTLEMEMN:. We are to thank you for your intelligence of the fifth ultimo, and do most heartily congratulate you upon that proper spirit which now appears in your Colony. The apprehension of a defection in you, which we are happy to find was unjustly formed, occasioned in us, and must undoubtedly have given to all America inexpressible anxiety, and at the same time have encouraged Ministry to proceed in their measures. As a proof of the confidence which our enemies placed in you, and as a means to prevent their diabolical purpose, we are ordered by Provincial Congress, now sitting, to transmit to you an authentick copy of an original letter from General Gage to Governour Martin, which has just fallen into our hands. We have also received intelligence that the latter, by his agents, has been secretly enlisting a number of those men in the back parts of this Province, formerly called Regulators, whose vengeance against the lower inhabitants may induce them to oppose in return for past injuries. We are not apprehensive that he will succeed to any great degree, but depend upon your vigilance to prevent his getting arms and ammunition for them through your Province, as intended. We also enclose a copy of the Association entered into on the fourth instant, by the fullest representation of this Colony ever known, which has been signed by every member. We would hint to you the necessity of sending your letters by some particular person, and not trusting them to the fate of common letters in a ship’s bag. We also beg leave to recommend to you secrecy in relation to the above letter, as we would not wish to put them upon their guard in future.

“We have the honour to be, gentlemen, your very humble servants,

“Committee of Intelligence.

“To the Grand Committee of New-York, to the care of Peter V. B. Livingston, Esq.”

The following is the copy of General Gage’s Letter:

“Boston, April 12, 1775.

“SIR: Your letter of the sixteenth March I have had the pleasure to receive, and am glad to hear that many of the people in your Province are beginning to find they have been misled, and that they seem inclined to disengage themselves from the arbitrary power of the Continental Congress and of their Committees. I wish I could say as much for the people of this Province, who are more cool than they were, but their leaders, by their arts and artifices, still keep up that seditious and licentious spirit that has led them on all occasions to oppose Government, and even to acts of rebellion. The late accounts from England have embarrassed their councils much. They have applied to the New-England Governments, and doubtless will to those to the southward, to assist them; but I hope the madness of the latter is wearing off, and that they will get no encouragement from thence. This Province has some time been, and now is, in the new-fangled Legislature termed a Provincial Congress, who seems to have taken the Government into their hands. What they intend to do I can’t pretend to say, but they are much puzzled how to act. Fear in some, and want of inclination in others, will be a great bar to their coming to extremities, though their leaders use every measure to bring them into the field. I am very sorry it is not in my power to supply you with the number of arms you request. I have them not to spare in the present conjuncture of the service here. I may assist you with some powder, but can get no safe opportunity from this to send it to you. I shall order you a supply by way of New-York; and whatever may be in my power to assist you, to keep up the present good disposition of the loyal part of your Province, I shall be happy to do, and am sorry I cannot at present do more.

“I have the honour to be, with great esteem, Sir, your most obedient and most humble servant,

“THOMAS GAGE.

“His Excellency Governour Martin.”

The above copy of the Letter from General Gage having been recommended by the Committee of Charlestown, South-Carolina, as necessary to be kept secret, the President recommended to the Members of this Congress that the subject-matter of the said copy of the said Letter be kept a profound secret.

Ordered, That copies of the Letter from the Charlestown Committee, and the Letter from General Gage to Governour Martin, be transmitted to the Continental Congress.

A draught of a Warrant to such gentlemen as are intended to be Officers of the Troops to be raised in this Colony, was read and approved of, and is in the words following, to wit:

In Provincial Congress at New-York, June—,1775.

To . . . . . . . . ., Gentleman, greeting:

Know you, that the Grand Continental Congress of the associated Colonies have resolved and ordered, that a certain number of Troops should be embodied in this Colony, to