enacting the same into a law. The Speaker also reported that he had presented to his Honour the certificate of the House for the sum of Five Hundred Pounds; for which he was pleased to say he was obliged to the House.

The Members appointed to see the great seal affixed to the law just passed, and to deposite the same in the Rolls Office, reported they had performed that service according to order.

The House then taking into consideration the service of the Deputies for this Province in Congress:

Resolved, That the said Deputies be allowed each the sum of twenty Shillings per diem for their attendance on that service.

Being made out at the table by order of the House, the same were signed by the Speaker, to be delivered to the said gentlemen, respectively.

The Clerk produced at the table, pursuant to the order of the House, sundry copies of Petitions to the King, Lords, and Commons, and of an Address to His Majesty, presented by the different Houses of Assembly of this Province, since the year 1763, dated respectively as follows, viz: A Petition to the House of Commons, January 14, 1766; an Address of Thanks to the King, June 6, 1766; a Petition to the King, September 22, 1768; another to the House of Lords, of the same date; another to the House of Commons, of the same date; and another to His Majesty, March 5, 1771; which several copies were committed to the care of Benjamin Franklin, Esq., to be sent to England by the first opportunity.

The House then rose.

NEW-YORK COMMITTEE OF SAFETY.

At a meeting of the Committee of Safety for the Colony of New-York, during the recess of the Provincial Congress, September 4, P. M., 1775, Present:

For NEW-YORK, Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Scott, Mr. Beekman, Mr. Van Zandt, Mr. Sears, Mr. Brasher, Mr. Richard Yates.

For ALBANY, Mr. Robert Yates.
For DUTCHESS, Mr. Livingston, Colonel Hoffman.
For KING’S, Mr. Williams, Mr. Remsen.
For CUMBERLAND, Major Williams.
For WESTCHESTER, Mr. Paulding.
For TRYON, Mr. Sears.
For ORANGE, Mr. Haring.
For SUFFOLK, Mr. Brasher.
For ULSTER, Mr. Roosevelt.

The Committee unanimously chose John Haring, Esq., Chairman.

“Albany Committee Chamber, August 29, 1775.

“GENTLEMEN: We expected, when the Army was once organized, we should not be so frequently called upon about matters not in our province. But the situation of Colonel Cortlandt, and the men under his command, in a great measure obliges us to give him all the assistance in our power; not, however, that it is to be made a precedent of. The enclosed letter from Colonel Cortlandt will show you the posture he is in, and the necessity of a speedy relief. We fear we shall be able to afford him but little assistance. The hospital and barracks are filled with Indians attending the Congress; the barns about the Town loaded with the crops of the season, and the City crowded continually with a numerous concourse of people. The former and frequent applications for ammunition has drained us, in short, of almost every thing of that sort.

“We are, Gentlemen, your humble servants.

“By order of the Committee:

“ABRAHAM YATES, JUN., Chairman.

“ Peter V. B. Livingston, President of the Congress.”

A Letter from Philip Cortlandt, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fourth Regiment, dated at Albany, August 28, 1775, was read and filed, and is in the words following, to wit:

“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, stockings, shirts, 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 Horton, and Captain Mills, all without blankets, excepting 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 of 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.

“I 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'll 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, I 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,

” Lieutenant-Colonel 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 Lieutenant Riker, to Captain Woodard, at Newtown, Long-Island, some part of it.”

Ordered, That the Committee of the City of New-York be requested to search, or cause search to be made through the City of New-York, for spare Arms, with or without Bayonets, and cause them to be purchased, at such prices as they may be reasonably obtained, for the use of the Troops of this Colony.

Ordered, That Mr. James Hallett deliver to Mr. Isaac Scars sixteen Wheelbarrows, or any less number which he has ready made; and that Mr. Hallett employ as many persons as may be necessary, and with all possible despatch replace the same number for Mr. Samuel Franklin.

Ordered, That Colonel McDougall appoint a sufficient Guard, out of any of the Troops of this Colony now in this City, to attend upon and guard the Sloop with the Pork expected to arrive this evening or to-morrow from Connecticut; and that the said Guard be in such readiness as to attend, when Mr. Isaac Sears shall give him information that the Pork is arrived.

Ordered, That Colonel McDougall give such orders as that the Guard at the Upper Barracks be ready to go immediately to the Jail to guard it, and to seize any prisoners that may be directed by Mr. Francis Child, at any time when Mr. Child, or any person by him sent, shall request the assistance of that Guard.

Ordered, That Mr. Gerard Bancker be requested to