satisfaction in our power; and the Captains, on their parts, will bind themselves to carry the vessels where destined.

We remain your most humble servants,

WALTER & THOS. BUCHANNAN & Co.

The President and Members of the Congress for the Colony of New-York.

New-York, August 28, 1775.

Request of G. W. Beekman, D. Beekman, and C. P. Lowe, to the honourable Provincial Congress of New-York, for liberty to take on board the Sloop Pennsylvania Farmer, William Newton, master, (Bermuda built, and a fast sailing vessel, cleared out and actually bound for the Island of St. Croix,) a cargo, to consist of Indian meal, rye meal, ship bread, staves, heading, hoops, and boards.

New-York, August 29, 1775.

William Malcom requests permission from the Congress for the departure of the Sloop Thistle, Captain Haddick, to St. Eustatia, with the following cargo, viz:

Sixteen barrels of ship bread, for stores and cargo; forty barrels of apples; one hundred and fifty bushels Indian corn, (one hundred and fifty more to go on board this morning;) thirty boxes spermaceti candles; eight cases of furniture; fifteen thousand feet of lumber; four thousand hoops; twenty thousand shingles; thirty barrels corn meal; bunches of onions.

WILLIAM MALCOM.

New-York, August 29, 1775.

Abraham De Peyster, of the City of New-York, merchant, humbly prays the Provincial Congress, now sitting in this City, that he be permitted to load the Sloop Charity with two hundred bushels of corn, four tons of ship bread, two hogsheads of dried cod, and ten dozen of poultry; the cargo being already purchased, part on board, bound for the Island of Antigua, or some one other of the West-India Islands. And for this purpose he further prays the permit of this honourable Board.

To the Honourable Provincial Congress.

COLONEL PHILIP CORTLANDT TO NEW-YORK CONGRESS.

Albany, August 28, 1775.

DEAR SIR: Agreeable to verbal orders received from Colonel Holmes, when last in New-York, made all the despatch in my power to this place, where I arrived the 26th instant. Finding Captain Henry B. Livingston, with his Company, in a small house in Town, he wants many things, such as shoes, shirts, stockings, underclothes, haversacks, and cash, having advanced all himself that has been paid his men as yet.

The day I arrived came up the following Captains, with their Companies: Captain Herrick, Captain Palmer, Captain Hertell, and Captain Mills, all without blankets, except Captain David Palmer; many of the men wanting shirts, shoes, stockings, underclothes, and, in short, without any thing fit for a soldier except a uniform coat, and not more than thirty guns, with four Companies, fit for service. They are now on board the small boats that brought them up, having no place for them to go into, as there is not one tent that I can find for our Battalion, and three Companies without blankets, and none to be had at this place. I do not know how to act, or what to do with them: they begin to ask for cash and better lodgings, being much crowded in the small boats in which I am obliged to keep them. I this morning made application to the Committee of Albany, who will do all in their power for me, which I believe is but very little. Shall be much obliged to the honourable Congress to send me with all convenient speed arms, blankets, tents, shoes, stockings, haversacks, and cash, by all means. I want to be going forward, where, by what I can learn, we shall be wanting if we can go soon, or not at all. The men say, give us guns, blankets, tents, &c., and we will fight the devil himself; but do not keep us here in market boats, as though we were a parcel of sheep or calves. In short, nothing can give me more pleasure than The arrival of the aforesaid articles; until which, shall do all in my power to keep the men together, and in as good order as clubs and canes can keep them, without arms to keep a proper guard; as I have orders from the General to collect all the arms together and send as many men off directly to Ticonderoga, (and that without tents,) which will not be a full Company unless I can purchase some arms here.

I remain, dear Sir, your most obedient humble servant,

PHILIP CORTLANDT,
Lt. Col. of the Fourth Battalion.

P. S. The cash I received I was obliged to pay to the mutinous men in the lower barracks, and I sent by Lieut. Riker, to Captain Woodard, at New-Town, Long-Island, some part of it.

COUNCIL OF SAFETY OF MARYLAND.

At a meeting of the Council of Safety of Maryland, at Annapolis, on Tuesday, the 29th of August, 1775, were present:

The Honourable Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Esq., Hon. Charles Carroll, Esq., Barrister, Hon. Thomas Johnson, Jun., Esq., Hon. William Paca, Esq., Hon. Robert Alexander, Esq., Hon. Edward Lloyd, Esq., Hon. Samuel Chase, Esq., Hon. Charles Carroll, Esq., of Carrollton, Hon. James Hollyday, Esq.

The above Members having previously subscribed the Association, the Hon. Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Charles Carroll, Barrister, Thomas Johnson, Jun., Edward Lloyd, and Samuel Chase, were qualified before Mr. Paca, and Robert Alexander, William Paca, James Hollyday, and Charles Carroll of Carrollton, were qualified before Mr. Chase, by taking the oath prescribed by the Convention.

Gabriel Duvall was chosen Clerk, and qualified before Mr. Chase, by taking the oath directed by the Convention.

The Council adjourned till the next day, eleven o’clock in the morning.

Wednesday, August 30, 1775.

The Council met according to adjournment.

The Hon. Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer was chosen President.

Resolved, That Charles Beatty, of Fredericktown, be empowered to contract for the making and delivery of six hundred and fifty good substantial proved Muskets, three feet and a half in barrel, and three quarters of an inch in the bore, with good double Bridle Locks, Black Walnut or Maple Stocks, and plain strong brass mounting; Bayonets with Steel Blades seventeen inches long; Steel Ramrods, double Screws; Priming Wires and Brushes fitted thereto; with a pair of Brass Moulds for every eighty Muskets, to cast twelve Bullets on one side, and on the other side to cast Shot of such size as the Muskets will chamber three of them, for a sum not exceeding ten Dollars and two-thirds of a Dollar in Bills of Credit issued by Resolve of the last Convention, for every such fire-lock with the above accoutrements, delivered at Georgetown or Elkridge Landing, if required; and may contract to advance one-half of the purchase money on good security for the delivery of the Muskets, one-third thereof before the first day of January next, one-third thereof before the first day of March next, and the residue before the first day of May next, and on the last delivery the residue of the purchase money to be paid.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western Shore pay unto Mr. Charles Beatty, or his order, out of the Bills of Credit in his hands, Three Thousand Four Hundred and Sixty-Six Dollars and two-thirds of a Dollar, to enable him to advance as aforesaid.

Resolved, That Robert Alexander, Esq., of Baltimore Town be empowered to contract for the making and delivery of five hundred good substantial proved Muskets, with the same accoutrements and like dimensions with those for which Mr. Beatty is empowered to contract, and for the same price, and may contract to advance in the same manner.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western Shore pay unto Mr. Robert Alexander, or his order, Two Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty-Six Dollars and two-thirds of a Dollar, out of the Bills of Credit in his hands, to enable him to advance as aforesaid.

The Council adjourned till the next day, ten o’clock in the forenoon.