Please to complete your company as soon as possible, and make return thereof to the Colonel or Lieutenant-Colonel of your Regiment, who will muster your men, or cause them to be mustered, and give you directions how to proceed. We are, Sir, your very humble servants.

By order of the Committee.

To Captain Elisha Benedict, Albany.

Ordered, That a copy thereof be engrossed, and signed by the Chairman, and sent by Sampson Dyckman.

Two Letters from Elisha Phelps, dated at Albany, July 11 and 13, 1775, were read and filed.

Ordered, That Colonel McDougall take possession of the Town Barracks for such of the Troops now under his command as he shall think proper to place there; and that Mr. Curtenius be desired to furnish provisions for such men as Colonel McDougall shall place there.

The Petition of Philip Henning, setting forth his knowledge in Physick and Surgery, to be admitted and appointed Surgeon’s Mate, was read.

Ordered, That Philip Henning wait on Doctor John Jones and Doctor Bard, to be examined as to his knowledge in Physick and Surgery, and his knowledge of the practice thereof.

A Certificate of Doctor John Jones and Samuel Bard, bearing date on the 18th instant, was read. Those gentlemen certify, that they thereby have examined Mr. Hunlock Woodruff, respecting his knowledge in Physick and Surgery, and that they find him qualified to act in the capacity of Surgeon’s Mate.

Agreed and Ordered, That the said Hunlock Woodruff be appointed Surgeon’s Mate to the First Regiment of Troops now raising in this Colony; and

Ordered, That a certified copy of the above Minutes be delivered to the said Hunlock Woodruff.

A draught of a Letter to the Committee at Brunswick, in New-Jersey, was read and approved, and is in the words following, to wit:

GENTLEMEN: We have had intelligence that boats have sundry times loaded flour at or about your City, and have run down to the west bank, and there met boats to take it from them for the use of the men-of-war and the Army at Boston. As this is contrary to the resolution of the Continental Congress, it is a matter that requires your strictest inspection to prevent such traders from pursuing a business inimical to the cause of liberty in the United Colonies.

We have been informed that Mr. Merrill, opposite to or near Brunswick, can give you farther information on this subject. We are, respectfully, gentlemen, your very humble servants. Per order of the Committee.

To the Committee at New-Brunswick.

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

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

Die Sabbati, 9 ho. A. M., July 22, 1775.

The Committee met pursuant to adjournment. Present:

For KING’S COUNTY, Henry Williams, Esq., Chairman, and Jeremiah Remsen.

For the CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Colonel Lispenard, Abraham Brasher.

For DUTCHESS COUNTY, Jonathan Landon.
For ULSTER COUNTY, Egbert Dumond.
For RANGE COUNTY, David Pye.
For SUFFOLK COUNTY, Abraham Brasher.
For RICHMOND COUNTY, Aaron Cortelyou.
For TRYON COUNTY, Peter Van Brugh Livingston.
For CHARLOTTE COUNTY, David Watkins.

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

GENTLEMEN: We expect that our Troops will soon be all enlisted; but we labour under great difficulties on account of arms, and have not, by any means we could devise, been able to procure near so many as are necessary for them. The arms we have procured are of the best sort.

We have thought of the following expedient, which we beg leave to suggest to you. The Colony of New-Jersey has a very considerable number of muskets and bayonets, which we are informed are good. They are deposited at the respective Court-Houses, or some other particular places in each County, as Hackensack, Elizabethtown, &c. If the Continental Congress would please to direct those arms to be cleaned and valued, and put up in boxes, and sent to convenient places on Hudson’s River, that they might be put into the hands of such of our Troops as cannot at present be otherwise properly furnished, we conceive it would be of general benefit to the Continental service. Those arms may either be at the Continental charge, or replaced some months hence with others of equal quality, from those which we shall have made: in this Colony. The Jersey Congress is to meet next week, and by that means the arms may easily be collected and ordered, as above mentioned.

If you approve of this measure, we pray you to use your best influence in Congress to have it carried into execution. We are, Gentlemen, your most obedient humble servants. By order of the Committee.

To the Delegates of the Colony of New-York at the Continental Congress, Philadelphia.

P. S. Gentlemen: We beg leave to inform you, that as soon as we began to purchase provisions, &c., we employed Mr. Peter T. Curtenius as our Commissary at New-York. He purchased provisions, stores, tents, intrenching tools, &c. &c. &c. He has been indefatigable in the public service, run every risk that was requested of him; disbursed his own cash, and succeeded beyond our most sanguine expectations. We think him one of the most proper persons among us for that business, and would earnestly wish he might be continued, in such manner as will not be disagreeable to the Continental Congress.

Ordered, That a copy thereof be engrossed, and signed by the Chairman, and sent with all possible despatch.

A draught of a Letter to John Peter Tetard, was read and approved, and is in the words following, to wit:

Committee of Safety, &c., July 22, 1775.

SIR: You will observe by the enclosed order of our Provincial Congress, their intention of employing you as Interpreter to General Schuyler, and a Chaplain to the Troops of this Colony. If you are determined to engage in the service in those characters, and on the terms mentioned in the said order, it is expected that you will repair to Albany, and from thence to General Schuyler, with all possible speed. We are, Sir, your very humble servants.

By order.
Rev, John Peter Tetard.

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

The Committee adjourned to nine o’clock, on Monday morning.

Die Lunæ, 9 ho. A. M., July 24, 1775.

The Committee met pursuant to adjournment. Present:.

For the CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Colonel McDougall, John Morin Scott, Colonel Lispenard, Abraham Brasher.

For ULSTER COUNTY, Egbert Dumond.
For QUEEN’S COUNTY, Colonel McDougall.
For CUMBEBLAND COUNTY, John Morin Scott.
For SUFFOLK COUNTY, Abraham Brasher.
For TRYON COUNTY, Peter Van Brugh Livingston.
For CHARLOTTE COUNTY, David Watkins.

Henry Williams, Esq., being very much indisposed, was obliged to withdraw, and Mr. Brasher was chosen Chairman pro tempore.

Ordered, That Colonel Lasher, at the review of his Regiment this afternoon, or at the first review that may happen, when his Troops have grounded their arms, cause a strict search to be made for any of the Muskets belonging to the Corporation of New-York, which may be among

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