order of the Committee of the City of New-York, and forwarded to Ticonderoga.

Ordered, That General Wooster be requested to order a full Company of the Troops under his command to proceed to the Fortifications erecting on the banks of Hudson’s River, in the Highlands, to be there employed in erecting and guarding the same, in obedience to the order of the Continental Congress; and to be under the directions of the Agents appointed for that purpose by the Provincial Congress at New-York.

Adjourned till nine o’clock, to-morrow morning.

Die Jovis, 9 ho. A. M., September 14, 1775.

The Committee met pursuant to adjournment. Present:

John Haring, Esq., Chairman, and Commissioner for Orange County.

For NEW-YORK, Joseph Hallett, James Beekman, John Van Cortlandt, Jacobus Van Zandt, Alexander Mc-Dougall, Abraham Brasher, Isaac Roosevelt.

For ALBANY, Francis Nicoll.
For DUTCHESS, Gilbert Livingston.
For WESTCHESTER, William Paulding.
For ULSTER, Isaac Roosevelt.
For RICHMOND, Aaron Cortelyou.
For KING’S, Henry Williams.
For SUFFOLK, John Foster, John Sloss Hobart.
For TRYON, Isaac Sears.
For CUMBERLAND, William Williams.

Ordered, That Mr. Gabriel W. Ludlow deliver to Mr. Ebenezer Platt one hundred pounds of Gunpowder, for the use of the people in Suffolk County, on receiving the cash for the same.

Ordered, That Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Esq., as Treasurer of the Provincial Congress of this Colony, pay unto Messrs. Henry Remsen, Lewis Pintard, Thomas Marston, Jacobus Lefferts, and Gabriel W. Ludlow, or either of them, the Sub-Committee appointed by the General Committee of the City and County of New-York, for the purpose of borrowing Money for defraying the publick exigencies of this Colony, the sum of One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixteen Pounds Three Shillings and Eight Pence, to enable the said Sub-Committee to discharge the Moneys borrowed of several of the inhabitants of the said City for the purpose aforesaid; and that the said Treasurer take a receipt from the said Sub-Committee, or either of them, for the same.

Ordered, That Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Esq., as Treasurer of the Congress of this Colony, pay to Mr. Robert Ray the sum of seventy-eight Pounds, to be applied to pay and discharge the Cartmen and others for carting Guns to Kingsbridge; that being the amount of an account now brought in audited, on which a copy of this Minute is entered.

A Letter from Richard Woodhull and Samuel Thompson, Committee-Men at Brookhaven, was read and filed, and is in the words following, to wit:

“Brookhaven, September 11, 1775.

“GENTLEMEN OF THE CONGRESS: We beg the favour of you to send us a few lines from under your hands, to let us know whether it is our business to attend to the choosing the non-commissioned officers by the Military Company, or whether it is the prerogative of the commissioned officers to appoint, from time to time, such persons as they shall think most proper to serve in the Militia as Sergeants, Corporals, Drummer, Fifer, and Clerk.

“To the Congress at New-York.”

A draught of a Letter to Richard Woodhull and Samuel Thompson was read and approved, and is in the words following, to wit:

New-York, September 14, 1775.

GENTLEMEN: In answer to yours of the 11th current, we can only inform you that the Resolution of the Congress directs that all the officers of a Company, as well commissioned as non-commissioned, are to be chosen by the men who compose the Company. We are your humble servants.

By order of the Committee.

Ordered, That a copy thereof be engrossed, and signed by the Chairman, and transmitted.

The Resolutions of the Committee of Cambridge, Hoosack, and Bennington, on the 3d and 7th days of August last, were read and filed, and are in the words following, to wit:

“At a meeting of the Committee of the District of Cambridge, Hoosack, and Bennington, held at Mr. Waite’s, in Wallumscock, on Thursday, the 3d of August, 1775:

“Voted, 1st. Chose Mr. Nathan Clark, Chairman.

“2d. Moses Robinson, Clerk.

“3d. Voted, That it is the opinion of this Committee that the Civil Law be continued as heretofore, and that they will do what they can to encourage the same, by assisting officers to officiate in their respective offices, as circumstances may call for, until the Continental or Provincial Congress shall see fit to advise otherwise.

“4th. To adjourn this meeting till Monday, the 7th of this instant, at ten o’clock in the forenoon, to the house of Mr. John Rensselaer, in Sancoyock.

“ Being met at the time appointed:

“1st. Chose Captain John Wood, Chairman.

“2d. Having taken into consideration the alarming affair that lately happened in this place, which occasioned the death of one man, and another wounded, we find that certain wicked and vicious persons, to gratify their revenge of a certain private quarrel, seduced others, under a pretence of defending the Country’s liberty, to join them in night-walking, house-breaking, and assaulting men’s persons in a violent manner; and on mature deliberation had on the premises, came to the following Resolutions:

“1st. That we disapprove and protest against all such unlawful assemblies on any such occasion, unless judged necessary by the major part of the Committee of the said Town or District.

“2d. That the Law have its full power against all such offenders, as heretofore.

“3d. That we will assist Magistrates and Constables in the due execution of their offices, as occasion may call for or require, until the sense of our Continental or Provincial Convention can be obtained, whose advice and direction in this important affair we most earnestly implore.

“4th. That if any person is suspected to be a Tory, or an enemy to his Country, they are to be complained of unto the Committee of the District or Town in which such person or persons may reside; and that said Committee cite said person or persons to come before them; and the complainant, also, is then to appear with his evidence for trial.

JOHN WOOD, Chairman.

“ Sancoyock, August 7, 1775.”

A Letter to the said Committee of Cambridge, Hoosack, and Bennington, was read and approved, and is in the words following, to wit:

GENTLEMEN: We have received your Resolutions of the 3d and 7th of August, and are very glad to observe your determination to assist and support the Civil Magistrates in the execution of their offices. We are firmly persuaded that you will exert yourselves to prevent all unlawful riots, and protect all those who have signed the Association in their persons and properties, and the Courts in the full exercise of their powers in the administration of justice. We are, Gentlemen, your humble servants.

By order.

To the Committee of Cambridge, Hoosack, and Bennington.

Ordered, That a copy thereof be engrossed, and signed by the Chairman, and transmitted.

The Committee adjourned till four o’clock, in the afternoon.

Die Jovis, 4to ho. P. M., September 14, 1775.

The Committee met pursuant to adjournment: Present:

John Haring, Esq., Chairman, and Commissioner for Orange County.

For NEW-YORK, Joseph Hallett, James Beekman, Colonel McDougall, Jacobus Van Zandt.

For ALBANY, Francis Nicoll.