An Answer to General Wooster’s Letter was read and approved, and is in the words following, to wit:

In Committee of Safety, New-York, July 11, 1775.

SIR: We this instant received your favour, and took the same into consideration. We think it highly necessary that Mr. Herring should be brought before us, in order to be examined touching his accomplices, for which purpose we have enclosed an Order of this Board. We are, Sir, your humble servants.

To General David Wooster, at the Camp.

P. S. If there are any witnesses, please to send them also.

Ordered, That a copy of said Letter and Order be signed by the Chairman, and sent immediately.

A Letter from Guysbert Schenck and Dirck Brinkerhoff, Esquires, of Dutchess County, two of the members of the Provincial Congress, bearing date the 5th instant, and also a recommendation from many others of the respectable freeholders of Dutchess County, of which Cornelius Adriance is one, recommending Andrew Teller Lawrence for Second Lieutenant, in the stead of the said Cornelius Adriance, who declines the service, were read, and filed.

Agreed, That the said Andrew Teller Lawrence is approved of as Second Lieutenant in the Company of Troops to be under the command of Captain Lewis Dubois, and that a Warrant for that purpose shall be made as soon as the Warrant granted to the said Cornelius Adriance, on the 28th of June last, is returned to this Committee, or the Provincial Congress.

A Letter from William Duer, Esquire, to the Provincial Congress, dated Fort Miller, June 5, 1775, was read.

An Answer to the Letter of William Duer, Esq., was read, and approved, and is in the words following, to wit:

SIR: We are favoured with your letter of the 5th June, and are to inform you, that our Provincial Congress, after having appointed a Committee of Safety, adjourned for a fortnight from this day. When it convenes we doubt not they will take into their most mature consideration the matters contained in your letter, which we shall lay before them. In the mean time we beg leave to assure you, that we highly esteem and approve of your care and vigilance in keeping open and protecting the last Court in your County. We conceive it to be of the utmost importance that good order be supported, as internal divisions must prove injurious to the common cause. We are, with much respect, Sir, your most humble servants.

To William Duer, Esq., one of the Judges of Charlotte.

Ordered, That a copy thereof be engrossed, signed by the Chairman, and transmitted.

A Letter from William, Marsh, and Samuel Rose, Esqs., the Committee of Manchester, in Charlotte County, to the Provincial Congress, dated Manchester, June 28, 1775, was read.

An Answer to the Letter of William Marsh and Samuel Rose was read, and approved, and is in the words following, to wit:

Committee of Safety, New-York, July 11, 1775.

GENTLEMEN: The Congress having adjourned for a fortnight, and appointed us during their recess a Committee of Safety, we have to acknowledge your letter of the 28th June, which advises us of the measures that had been pursued in order to prevent the holding the courts of justice in your County. We are happy to find they have proved ineffectual, and can assure you, that it is the intention of the Congress to assist the Civil Magistrate in the exercise of his office and the support of Government, as far as may be practicable in our present critical situation. We have, no doubt but that the Congress will, immediately upon their meeting, enter into a resolution for effecting these salutary purposes. We are, Gentlemen, &c.

To Messrs. William Marsh and Samuel Rose.

A Letter from Abraham Lott, Esquire, Agent for His Majesty’s Ships in this Port, was read, and is in the words following, to wit:

“GENTLEMEN: Having received a demand from John Collins, Esquire, Commander of His Majesty’s Ship Nautilus, now at Sandy-Hook, for 4000 pounds bread, 300 pounds beef, 500 pounds pork, 12 bushels pease, 200 pounds butter, 200 pounds cheese, and 200 gallons rum, you will be pleased to signify your opinion, whether or not I shall supply the Provisions, &c., pursuant to the demand. I am authorized to assure the honourable Committee that the Nautilus is not going to Boston, but to the southward.

“I am, Gentlemen, your most humble servant,

“ABRAHAM LOTT.

“To the Honourable the Committee of the New-York Provincial Congress.”

Ordered, That Abraham Lott, Esquire, be at liberty to supply the quantities of Provisions and Rum abovementioned to the Ship Nautilus, for the use of the said Ship’s company.

Colonel McDougall, on behalf of New-York, and as Commissioner for Queen’s County, dissents; Mr. Brasher, on behalf of New-York, and as Commissioner for Suffolk County, dissents.

A Letter from William Hooper and Joseph Hewes, Esquires, was read, and is in the words following, to wit:

“Philadelphia, June 8, 1775.

“SIR: The Committee of the City, a few days ago, transmitted to you an original letter from Governour Martin to Henry White, Esquire, from the contents of which it is very obvious that Governour Martin has formed designs highly inimical to the friends of America. From authentick information we learn, that he is to receive a supply of powder from General Gage via New-York, and that he has sent from North-Carolina a cutter well armed to receive it. She is a small boat, rigged like a schooner, mounts a few swivels, and is commanded by a Mr. Bridges, the Lieutenant of the Tamar, man-of-war; the vessel, we believe, was formerly purchased in New-York, by a Captain Vollet. We beg your particular care, in case she should arrive in your Port, to take the steps you may think prudent to secure her and her cargo. She is probably to receive the gunpowder from the Asia, or some other man-of-war lying in your harbour.

“We are, Sir, with great respect, your most obedient humble servants,

“WILLIAM HOOPER,

“JOSEPH HEWES.”

An Answer to the Letter of William Hooper and Joseph Hewes, Esquires, was read, and approved, and is in the words following, to wit:

Committee of Safety, New-York, July 11, 1775.

GENTLEMEN: We have received your favour of the 8th of the last month, which came to our hands last night. Our Congress have adjourned for a fortnight from this day, and appointed us a Committee of Safety to act during the recess. We beg leave to assure you, that we will do every thing in our power relative to the schooner which you have described. We are, with much respect, Gentlemen, your obedient humble servants.

To William Hooper and Joseph Hewes, Esquires, Philadelphia.

Ordered, That a copy be signed by the Chairman, and transmitted.

A Letter from the Delegates of this Colony at the Continental Congress to the Provincial Congress, dated Philadelphia, July 6, 1775, was read.

A draught of an Answer to the Letter of the New-York Delegates at the Continental Congress was read, and approved, and is in the words following, to wit:

GENTLEMEN: The Congress having adjourned for a fortnight, and appointed us during their recess a Committee of Safety, we have the honour of acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 6th instant. It gives us much pleasure to find that our plan of accommodation has been favoured with your approbation.

We are sorry to inform you, that a supply of the article which, according to your advice of the 31st June, was to have been sent to the Committee of Elizabethtown, has not yet been received, and that the want of it prevents our answering some very pressing demands from the place for which it was ordered to be forwarded.