A Letter from Captain Henry B. Livingston, informing that his Company is ready, and requesting to know who is his Colonel, was read and filed.

Ordered, That Colonel Hoffman write a private Letter, in answer to Mr. Livingston’s Letter, and enclose him copies of such Papers and such extracts of the Minutes as will give him proper information.

A Memorial of Peter Clopper and sundry other Merchants of the City of New-York, was read and filed.

The Memorialists set forth, that a difference of opinion hath arisen in this City, with respect to the propriety of shipping Flax Seed to Ireland from this Colony, and beg that the Congress will, by some act or publication of theirs, declare whether the people of this Colony are or are not at liberty to ship Flax Seed as aforesaid, and also to satisfy the publick of the sense of the Continental Congress on that subject, if such their sense has been communicated to this Congress, as before suggested.

Thereupon, the Congress entered into a Resolution, in the words following, to wit:

Whereas doubts have arisen in the minds of some of the good people in this Colony, respecting the propriety of exporting Flax Seed before the 10th of September next: And whereas the respectable Continental Congress thought proper not to make any alteration in the Non-Exportation System agreed to last year: In order to remove such doubts,

Resolved, That this Congress are clearly of opinion, that every person hath an undoubted right to export that article before the 10th of September next.

Ordered, That the above Resolution be published in the Newspapers.

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

In Provincial Congress, August 12, 1775.

SIR: Your letter of the 8th August has been considered by the Congress, and, agreeable to your request, they have directed Mr. Curtenius to forward you with all possible despatch such of the articles of your order as have not yet been sent up. They are doubtful if the whole can be procured immediately, but as fast as they can be obtained you will have them sent to you. Arms cannot be had here, but the Committee of Albany are furnished with a resolution which will readily enable them to purchase or hire as many as you want. Four Companies of the First Regiment of New-York Troops are, we hope, before this time, with you, and the others are preparing to follow with all expedition. We shall pay a proper attention to the apprehensions you express from the half-pay officers and others who are not well affected to American liberty; and we trust to the vigilance of the Albany Committee, that they will use every necessary precaution to render abortive the designs of our enemies.

We are, Sir, yours, &c. By order.

Brigadier-General Montgomery.

P. S. You have been misinformed with respect to the arrival of Gunpowder here; we are sorry to inform you we are entirely destitute, as yet, of that very necessary article.

Ordered, That a copy thereof be engrossed, and signed by the President, and transmitted by the Messenger who brought General Montgomery’s Letter.

The Congress then adjourned to next Tuesday morning, at nine o’clock.

Die Martis, 9 ho. A. M., August 15, 1775.

The Congress met pursuant to adjournment. No prayers.

A Letter from General Schuyler, of the 31st of July last, from Ticonderoga, was read and filed.

The several Papers referred to in the preceding Letter from General Schuyler were respectively read and filed, and are in the words following, to wit:

“Dorset, July 28, 1775.

“MAY IT PLEASE YOUR HONOUR: In compliance with the orders of Congress, as well as your recommendation, I enclose the proceedings of our Committee meeting on the New-Hampshire Grants, upon due notice to the Towns in general. All which is humbly submitted to your wisdom, not doubting but the warrants will issue agreeable to our wishes. We are your most obedient.

“In behalf of the Committee:

“NATHAN CLARK, Chairman.

“To the Honourable General Schuyler.”

“At a meeting of the Committees of the several Townships on the New-Hampshire Grants, west of the Range of Green Mountains, convened at the house of Mr. Cephas Kents, in the Township of Dorset, July 27, 1775—Voted as follows, to wit:

“1st. Chose Mr. Nathan Clark Chairman.

“2d. Chose John Fasset Clerk.

“3d. The motion being made and seconded, Whether this Convention shall prosecute in choosing Field and other Officers, according to the Provincial Congress and your Honour’s direction? Passed in the affirmative.

“Then proceeded as follows:

“4th. Chose Mr. Seth Warner Lieutenant-Colonel for the Regiment of Green Mountain Boys, by a majority of forty-one to five.

“5th. Chose Mr. Samuel Safford Major for said Regiment, by a majority of twenty-eight to seventeen.

“Then proceeded and chose seven Captains and fourteen Lieutenants, by a great majority, viz:

“Captains: Weight Hopkins, Oliver Potter, John Grant, William Fitch, Gideon Brownson, Micah Vail, Heman Allen.

“First Lieutenants: John Fasset, Ebenezer Allen, Barnabas Barnam, Jille Bleaksley, Ira Allen, Gideon Warren, David Galusha.

“Second Lieutenants: Johan Noble, James Claghorn, John Chipman, Nathan Smith, Jesse Sawyer, Joshua Stanton, Philo Hard.

“NATHAN CLARK, Chairman.”

“Head-Quarters, Ticonderoga, July 31, 1775.

“SIR: Your letter, dated Dorset, 28th July, has been delivered me by Captain Fitch, together with the votes that were enclosed. The choice of the Captains and Lieutenants being left unconditional to the people, those chosen will receive their warrants as soon as they come to my hands. And that the levying of the men may not be retarded, you will signify to them that I hereby empower them immediately to proceed to that business, without waiting for the warrants. And in order to prevent any confusion that may take place, the Captains and Lieutenants must immediately signify to me, in writing, that they accept or decline the offices to which they have been elected. The votes I shall immediately transmit to Congress, that they may approve of the Field-Officers, or appoint others out of your body, as they may think proper.

“I am, Sir, your humble servant,

“PHILIP SCHUTLER.

“To Mr. Nathan Clark, Chairman, &c.”

Ordered, That Blank Warrants be sent to General Schuyler, for the seven Captains and fourteen Lieutenants of the Troops to be raised by this Colony from among those called Green Mountain Boys.

Ordered, That General Schuyler be requested and authorized to appoint a Lieutenant-Colonel or Major, or both, for the Troops to be raised by this Colony from among those called Green Mountain Boys, when such a number of them are raised as (in his opinion) shall make it necessary.

Resolved, That when the Green Mountain Boys are raised, each of them shall be furnished with a Coat; and that Mr. Peter T. Curtenius be requested to purchase coarse green Cloth for that purpose, and red Cloth sufficient to face those Coals, and to have two hundred and twenty-five Coats, of a large size, made of the said Cloth.

Messrs. Low, Walton, Micheau, Conner, Journey, and Polhemus, dissent.

And Ordered, That Mr. Peter T. Curtenius be requested to purchase proper materials for Tents, and get a sufficient number of Tents made for two hundred and twenty-five men of the Green Mountain Boys, as soon as proper materials for Tents can be procured.