of the said Regiment of Green Mountain Boys.

Dissentients: Mr. Walton, Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Kissam, Mr. Low, and Mr. Verplanck.

And Resolved, That Samuel Safford be appointed Major of the said Regiment.

Dissentients: Mr. Walton, Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Kissam, and Mr. Low.

Resolved and Ordered, That Peter V. B. Livingston, Esq., as Treasurer of this Congress, pay to Peter T. Curtenius the further sum of five thousand Pounds, to be applied towards discharging the debts contracted by purchasing Provisions, Military Stores, and other necessaries, in obedience to the Orders of this Congress; and that Mr. Livingston take Mr. Curtenius’s receipt for the same, on account.

Ordered, That John Berrien be Commissary for the Agents for building the Fortifications in the Highlands, and such persons as they shall employ.

The Congress adjourned to four o’clock, P. M.

4to ho. P. M., September 1, 1775.

The Congress met pursuant to adjournment. Present:

Nathaniel Woodhull, Esq., President pro tempore.

A Letter from Colonel Goose Van Schaick, dated the 29th August, was read and filed.

A Letter from Henry Livingston, Jun., Major of the Third Regiment, was read and filed.

It being represented to this Congress that Barnabas Tuthill, Major of the Fourth Regiment of Troops now raised in this Colony, and Job Mulford, Adjutant of the said Regiment, are both in this City, and unable to proceed to Ticonderoga, for want of Money to defray their expenses:

Resolved and Ordered, That Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Esq., as Treasurer of this Congress, pay to Major Barnabas Tuthill twenty-six Pounds, thirteen Shillings, and four Pence, for his Pay for two months, to enable him to proceed to Ticonderoga, to join the Army under the command of General Schuyler; and that the said Peter Van Brugh Livingston pay to the said Major Barnabas Tuthill the further sum of fourteen Pounds, thirteen Shillings, and four Pence, on account, as two months’ Pay for Job Mulford, the Adjutant of the said Fourth Regiment, to enable him to join the Army at Ticonderoga; and that Mr. Livingston take Major Tuthill’s receipt for those two sums, amounting, together, to the sum of forty-one Pounds, six Shillings, and eight Pence, on account of Pay.

And Ordered, That Major Barnabas Tuthill do, without delay, give information, in writing, of the Money by him received by virtue of this Order, both to Col. James Holmes, of the Fourth Regiment, and to Jonathan Trumbull, Jun., Esq., Deputy Paymaster-General.

Resolved, That no person other than the Deputy Postmaster appointed by the Continental Congress, or the Deputies that shall be appointed by them or the Postmaster General, shall demand any Postage for or receive any Letters in this Colony, with intent to receive pay for the same, such Letters which shall or may arrive by the Packet from Great Britain excepted. And the several Committees of this Colony are hereby directed to cause this Resolution to be faithfully observed.

Mr. Walton and Mr. Kissam dissent.

Ordered, That the foregoing Resolution be published.

A draught of a Letter to Major-General Schuyler was read and approved of, and is in the words following, to wit:

In Provincial Congress, New-York, September 1, 1775.

SIR: We have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of the 19th, 20th, and 23d ultimo, and are to observe, in answer to them, that the difficulty of procuring arms obliged us to adopt the mode we have done, as the best and only expedient for an immediate supply. Nor have we been inattentive to what you recommend, having taken every means in our power to encourage the manufacturing of arms in this Colony; and we shall not fail, in future, to attend duly to an object of so much importance. We are to inform you, that from the peculiar situation Mr. Duer is in, respecting some of his private affairs, (which were communicated to a secret Committee,) the Congress thought it rather proper that he should decline the appointment, and have appointed Colonel Flemming in his stead, who we hope will be acceptable to you, and who will proceed to join you as soon as possible.

Enclosed is a copy of our military arrangement, which you request. As to what you mention with respect to Ticonderoga being the place to be kept, we know not what directions to give you on that head, and must therefore leave you upon the general orders you have from the Continental Congress and the exigency of the case to determine what is proper as to that matter.

We are happy to find, from your intelligence, that affairs in Canada wear so favourable an aspect; and in further confirmation of it, we enclose the copy of an examination of a person lately returned from Quebeck, as we think it of importance to apprize you of this information.

A sufficient quantity of cartridge paper has been forwarded. The order for artillery stores, Mr. Curtenius says, was so general that he did not know what particulars nor of what sizes to send, but supposes that Mr. Rensselaer procured what was necessary. We are endeavouring to procure blankets for the Troops, that article being difficult to be got. As to the Green Mountain Boys, we see no method for our supplying them with arms or blankets. We have ordered two hundred and fifty coats, and would be glad to know what progress the Green Mountain Boys have made in their enlistment.

Since you decline appointing the Field-Officers, the Congress have taken it upon themselves, and determined upon the best information they can get.

When we first wrote you concerning the hospital, Mr. Lewis had not informed us of the determination of the Continental Congress. We therefore thought that matter to be without our department, and declined giving any directions about it. And although, in a subsequent letter to you, we expressed our approbation of the measure, yet we submitted the expediency of it entirely to your own discretion and judgment.

As to the artillery department, we are obliged to rely on Captain Lamb, not being able to procure any person who we think better qualified; he will march with his Company in a day or two.

We have been a good deal embarrassed with the Troops, they having refused to march without their pay. We applied to Mr. Trumbull, the Paymaster, to advance a sufficient sum for the purpose, but he thought he could not do it, consistent with the orders he had from you. The money we have been and shall be obliged to advance, for the pay and subsistence of the Troops, we think will amount to ten thousand Pounds. We must beg, Sir, that you will give us an order on the Continental Congress for that sum, to reimburse us, which we will duly account for to you or the Paymaster, as you shall direct. The following articles were sent to you about the latter end of July: Three quarter-casks of Madeira wine, one hogshead of claret, four barrels of oatmeal, three kegs of raisins, and twelve kegs of barley. Four barrels of vinegar were sent a few days ago. We fear they have been delayed on the way. Some bullet moulds will be sent you by Captain Goforth. They would have been sent sooner, had not the Commissary been obliged to get them made here. The rest will be forwarded as soon as they are finished. We have lost no time in getting tents made of all the materials that could be procured for that purpose. We have forwarded such as are done, and will send the others as soon as complete. There will be tents enough for our four Regiments and Colonel Hinman’s, but we have not yet materials for tents for the Green Mountain Boys, but think we shall soon be able to supply them.

We are, Sir, your most obedient and very humble servants.

Ordered, That a copy thereof be engrossed, and signed by the President pro tempore, and transmitted by the Messenger from Albany.

A draught of a Letter to Colonel Goose Van Schaick, of the Third Regiment, was read and approved, and is in the words following, to wit:

In Provincial Congress, New-York, September 1, 1775.

SIR: We received your letter by express, dated the