you, our enlisted men grow uneasy for want of money, which prevents the enlistment of others. We have no arms, we have no powder, we have no blankets. For God’s sake send us money, send us arms, send us ammunition. Burgoyne, we learn, has gone to Quebeck. If Ticonderoga is taken from us, fear, which made the savages our friends, will render them our enemies. Ravages on our own frontiers will foster dissensions among us ruinous to the cause. Be prudent, be expeditious.

We are, Gentlemen, yours, &c.

P. S. You will observe, gentlemen, that Peter Van Brugh Livingston is our Treasurer until an appointment by your Board. We hear from good authority that Colonel Guy Johnson is at Oswego, with one thousand or twelve hundred Indians, (men, women, and children,) and that they have plenty of provisions. We should be glad to have the blank commissions for the officers sent forward to us.

Ordered, That a copy, signed by the Chairman, be transmitted, together with copies of General Schuyler’s Letters, by Joseph Stevens, a messenger.

A draught of a Letter to Major-General Schuyler, in answer to his two Letters received this day, was read and approved, and is in the words following, to wit:

SIR: We have received your letters, and written to the Continental Congress on those subjects. We shall with all despatch send the officer you mention. We have already ordered to Albany tents for our Regiment. Our Troops can be of no use to you; they have no arms, clothes, blankets, or ammunition; the officers no commissions; our Treasury no money; ourselves in debt. It is in vain to complain; we will remove difficulties as fast as we can, and send you soldiers, whenever the men we have raised are entitled to the name. The intrenching tools shall be sent soon, some immediately, and all the pork that can be had, about one hundred barrels. Use, we pray you, the bad Troops at Ticonderoga, as well as you can.

We are, very sincerely, your countrymen and friends. To Major-General Schuyler.

P. S. General Burgoyne has not been seen in Boston since the 17th ult., and it is currently reported and believed that he has gone to Quebeck.

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

Ordered, That William Elphinstone, Esq., have liberty to use two rooms in the lower Barracks.

A Letter from General Wooster, dated Camp near New-York, July 15, 1775, was read.

Ordered, That Mr. James Beekman be appointed Commissioner to agree with Mr. John Sickles for his Field at Harlem, for the use of the Troops under the command of General Wooster, to encamp on.

Ordered, That Mr. Van Zandt be appointed Commissioner, to agree with and employ as many Carmen as may be necessary for transporting the Camp-equipage of Gen. Wooster’s Troops to Harlem.

Thereupon a Letter to General Wooster, was read and approved, and is in the words following, to wit:

SIR:Mr. James Beekman is appointed Commissioner to treat with John Sickles for his ground, at such rate and time as he shall think proper. Be pleased to furnish him with the dimensions of the spot, and the use to which it is to be applied in intrenching, &c.

Mr. Jacobus Van Zandt is Commissioner to provide carriages for your tents, baggage, &c. Be pleased to inform him how many carts are necessary.

We have thought proper to defer your march until Tuesday morning, inasmuch as the time would not otherwise have permitted our Commissioners to make necessary arrangements.

We are, Sir, your most obedient humble servants.

To General Wooster.

Ordered, That a copy thereof be engrossed, signed by the Chairman, and sent by General Wooster’s officer now in waiting.

General Schuyler, having by his Letter of the eleventh instant, requested this Committee to appoint a proper person to command the Sloop on Lake Champlain, and send him up with all convenient speed, and Captain Patrick Dennis being sent for to confer with on the subject, recommended Captain James Smith for the above service.

Captain James Smith attended, and expressed his great willingness and cheerfulness to undertake that service, and is thought by this Committee to be a very proper person: Thereupon a draught of a Warrant to the said James Smith was made and approved, and is in the words following, to wit:

Mr. JAMES SMITH:

You are hereby appointed Captain of an armed vessel in the Continental service. You will receive the pay of a Major in the service of the Continental Forces, and to take your orders from Major-General Schuyler, or other commanding officers of the Continental Troops for the time being. The General will designate the vessel you are to command, and you will receive a commission from the Continental Congress.

By order of the Committee.

Ordered, That a copy thereof be engrossed, and signed by the Chairman, to be delivered to the said James Smith.

A draught of a Letter to General Schuyler, to be delivered by the said James Smith, was read and approved of, and is in the words following, to wit:

SIR: The bearer of this letter is James Smith, a gentleman of excellent character as a sea officer, who willingly undertook the command, refusing a ship he was offered, and left it to us to settle his pay, &c. We agree to a Major’s pay, and at the same time we submit it to you whether he will not be entitled to that rank in the Continental service.

We are, Sir, your very humble servants.

To Major-General Schuyler.

Ordered, That a copy thereof he signed by the Chairman, and transmitted by the said James Smith.

Agreed and Ordered, That Herman Zedwitz shall be Major, and is hereby appointed Major of the First Regiment of the Troops now raising in this Colony.

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

Die Solis, 9 ho. A. M., July 16, 1775.

The Committee met pursuant to adjournment, but not having any business absolutely necessary to be done this day, they adjourned to nine o’clock, to-morrow morning.

At a meeting of the Committee of Safety for the Colony of New-York, Monday, July 17th, 1775, nine o’clock, A. M. Present:

For KING’S COUNTY, Henry Williams, Chairman and Commissioner.

For NEW-YORK, Peter V. B. Livingston, Colonel Lispenard, Colonel McDougall, Abraham Brasher.

For ALBANY, Gouverneur Morris.

For ULSTER, Egbert Dumond.

For ORANGE, David Pye.

For SUFFOLK, Abraham Brasher.

For WESTCHESTER, Gouverneur Morris.

For QUEEN’S, Colonel McDougall.

For TRYON, Peter V. B. Livingston.

Mr. Samuel Broome having declined the Commission of a Captain in the First Battalion of the Troops now raising in this Colony; Ordered and Agreed, That Benjamin Ledyard be appointed Captain in the stead and place of the said Samuel Broome.

A draught of Articles of Agreement between the Committee appointed to procure Locksmiths to make Gunlocks, of the first part, and Thomas Blockley of the second