Cash or orders for Cash, which have been applied for the publick exigencies of this Colony, until the further order of this Congress or the Committee of Safety.

Resolved and Ordered, That two hundred Watch Coats be provided for the use of the Sentinels of the Regiments of this Colony, and that Mr. Peter T. Curtenius be desired to provide the same immediately.

And Resolved, That it is the sense of this Congress that the expense of these Watch Coats ought to be a Continental charge; and that the Continental Congress be hereafter informed by the Committee of Safety that these Watch Coats are provided, and that this Congress conceives that the expense thereof ought to be a Continental charge.

Egbert Dumond, Esq., delivered in a List of the Field and Staff-Officers of four Regiments of the Militia in Ulster County, which was read and filed, and is in the words following, to wit:

A List of the Field-Officers for the County of Ulster, viz: Colonel Johannes Hardenbergh, Lieutenant-Colonel Abraham Hasbrouck, Major Johannes Snyder, Major Jonathan Elmendorf, Adjutant Petrus J. Elmendorf, Quartermaster Abraham A. Hasbrouck.

Colonel James Clinton, Lieutenant-Colonel James McClaughry, Major Jacob Newkerk, Major Moses Phillips, Adjutant George Denniston, Quartermaster Alexander Trimble.

Colonel Levi Pawling, Lieutenant-Colonel Jacob Horn-beck, Major Johannes Cantine, Major Joseph Hasbrouck, Adjutant David Bevier, Quartermaster Jacobus Bruyn, Jun.

Colonel Jonathan Hasbrouck, Lieutenant-Colonel Johannes Hardenbergh, Jun., Major Johannes Jansen, Jun., Major Lewis Du Bois, Adjutant Abraham Schoonmaker, Quartermaster Isaac Belknap.

Resolved and Ordered, That those gentlemen be respectively appointed and commissioned in the respective offices for which they are respectively abovenamed.

Gilbert Livingston, Esq., delivered in a motion, and a list of the Field and Staff-Officers of two Regiments of Minute-Men in Dutchess County, which was read and filed, and is in the words following, to wit:

I move that the following gentlemen be appointed Field-Officers in two Regiments of Minute-Men in Dutchess County: John Van Ness, Colonel; Cornelius Humphrey, Lieutenant-Colonel; Robert G. Livingston and James Reed, Majors; Reuben Hopkins, Adjutant; Joseph Ketcham, Jun., Quartermaster.

Jacobus Swartwout, Colonel; John Bailey, Jun., Lieutenant-Colonel; Malcom Morrison and Henry Schenck, Majors; Joshua Carman, Jun., Adjutant; Henry Godwin, Quartermaster.

Resolved and Ordered, That those gentlemen be respectively appointed and commissioned in the respective offices for which they are respectively abovenamed.

The Petition of John McKenny, praying for the enlargement of John Candell, was read and filed.

Ordered, That Colonel McDougall discharge John Candell, and that Mr. Van Zandt and Mr. Sears take such security of the said John McKenny, for the conduct of the said John Candell, as is mentioned in the said Petition, and in such manner as Mr. Van Zandt and Mr. Sears think proper.

Resolved, That Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Van Zandt be a Committee to receive and collect all the damaged Gunpowder to be had or obtained, and to forward the same to the Powder Mill at Rhinebeck, to be manufactured with all convenient speed.

Resolved and Ordered, That the Gunpowder imported, and now in store, for the use of this Colony, be distributed in the following proportions, viz: to the City and County of New-York, 1,000 weight, (already ordered to the Captains of the Militia;) to Queen’s County, 200; (100 whereof is delivered to Joseph Robinson;) to King’s County, 100; to Richmond County, 100; to Orange County, 150; to Dutchess County, 200; to Ulster County, 150; to Westchester County, 150; to Cumberland County, 100; to Albany City and County, 250; to Tryon County, 100; to Charlotte County, 100; to Gloucester County, 100; delivered to Colonel McDougall, for the use of the Troops in his Regiment, 100; to be kept in store at New-York, 800—3,600 pounds.

Resolved and Ordered, That Mr. Gabriel W. Ludlow be requested to direct the said Gunpowder to be distributed and delivered out to the Deputies of the respective Counties abovementioned, or their order, in the quantities abovementioned, on receiving Cash for the same, before or at the time of the delivery thereof.

Resolved, That the Firemen of the City of New-York be, and they are hereby exempted from the Military Night Watch, and being called upon as Minute-Men, or of the Militia to go out of the said City.

Ordered, That Mr. Sears be, and he is hereby desired to consult with Colonel Lasher, with respect to seizing and taking the Sloop, and people on board, charged with having supplied necessaries for the use of the Army and Navy, and now lying at anchor near the Asia Ship-of-War.

A draught of a Letter to Samuel Bayard, Jun, Esq., and to Augustus Van Cortlandt, Esq., was read and filed, and is in the words following, to wit:

In Provincial Congress, New-York, September 2, 1775.

SIR: The alarming state of publick affairs commands our attention to the safety of the records under your care; and although we do not at present perceive any immediate danger to this City, yet we are of opinion that matters of such vast importance should not be intrusted to an uncertain contingency. You must be sensible that if by any mischance the office should be destroyed, it would unhinge the property of numbers in this Colony, and throw all our legal proceedings into the most fatal confusion. We do therefore request you to inquire for some place of security to deposite the records under your care, and that you inform the Committee of Safety of such place, that they may give further directions on this subject.

By order of Congress.

Ordered, That two copies thereof be engrossed, and signed by the President pro tem., and that one copy thereof be directed and delivered to Samuel Bayard, Jun., Esq., and the other copy delivered to Augustus Van Cortlandt, Esq., Clerk of the City and County of New-York.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of the City of New-York to consider of the Bill of Exchange drawn on Colonel William Bayard, by Loring, and to determine whether the same ought to be paid.

The President pro tem., by order of the House, gave it in charge to the Members to keep secret that Pork is purchased in Connecticut, and is coming from Connecticut for the use of the Northern Army. And the Members and Secretaries of this Congress are, with the consent of the House, absolved from their obligations to secrecy with respect to Captain Melancton Lawrence, and the Letters taken with him.

Resolved, That this Congress will adjourn this day, until the 2d day of October next; and that a Committee of Safety be appointed during the recess of this Congress, in manner following, to wit:

That New-York appoint three Members, to give four votes; the City and County of Albany appoints one Member, to give three votes; and every other County one Member, to give two votes each; and that such other Members of the several Counties as shall attend, may join in the vote of their respective Counties, or give such vote in the absence of the Member or Members so appointed.

FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK: Mr. Scott, Mr. Hallett, and Mr. Beekman.

FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF ALBANY: Francis Nicoll.

FOR DUTCHESS COUNTY: Gilbert Livingston.

FOR WESTCHESTER COUNTY: William Paulding.

FOR ULSTER COUNTY: Isaac Roosevelt, (until one of their own Deputies come.)

FOR ORANGE COUNTY: John Haring.

FOR RICHMOND COUNTY; Paul Micheau,

FOR KING’S COUNTY: Jeremiah Remsen.

FOR QUEEN’S COUNTY: Colonel Blackwell and Jonathan Lawrence, or either of them.

FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY: William Brasher, (until one of their Deputies shall come.)

FOR TRYON COUNTY: Isaac Sears.

FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY: William Williams.

FOR CHARLOTTE COUNTY:

Resolved, further, That the said votes, or a major part