1775, August 23.—On a draft of General Washington to John Mease, £100, Pensylvania currency, 2662/3 Dollars.

November 27.—On a Draft of James Warren, Paymaster General, to Dr. Franklin, for the sum of 7111 Dollars.

1776, February 2.—On ditto, to Cox & Furman, the sum of 1000 Dollars.

February 6.—On ditto, to John Beane, 750 Dollars.

Resolved, That a Committee of Three be appointed to contract with a proper person for supplying Colonel Wayne's Battalion with the Rations allowed them; that it be instruction to said Committee to contract with some proper person for supplying the Pennsylvania Troops on the West side of the Susquehannah; and, also, to contract with a proper person to supply the Battalion ordered to be raised in the Counties on Delaware, while in that Government.

The Members chosen, Mr. Morton, Mr. Lewis, and Mr. Wilson.

The Committee of Claims reported, that there is due: To Mr. Tench Tilghman, for charges, &c., in escorting a sum of Money from Philadelphia to General Schuyler, the sum of 286.9 Dollars.

To Azariah Dunham on several Certificates for Provisions to several Rifle Companies, the sum of 25.S Dollars.

To Melchior Meng, for Wagon-hire, in carrying Money to Cambridge, the sum of 76 Dollars.

To Moses Gale, for the entertainment of Captain Cluggage's Company of Riflemen, the sum of 9.7 Dollars, and that the same ought to be paid to Henry Wisner, Esq.

To John B. Scott, for expenses in conducting General Prescott from Trenton to Philadelphia, the sum of 14.3 Dollars.

To George Bunner, for Wagon-hire, in carrying Money from Philadelphia to General Schuyler, last November, the sum of 39 Dollars.

To Dennis Sneeden, for Ferriage, Provisions, &c., the sum of 50.6 Dollars, to be paid to John Alsop, Esq.

To Jesse Jones, for Horse-hire, the sum of 8.7 Dollars, to be paid to Dealing.

To Mark Bird, for necessaries to several Prisoners, 5.8 Dollars.

To George Meade & Co., on several Certificates, the sum of 104.4 Dollars, of which 99.2 being for Rifles furnished to Captain H. Stevenson's Company, ought to be charged to said Company, and the remaining sum of £l 19s. 3 3/4 d., being for Provisions, is a Continental expense.

Ordered, That the above Accounts be paid.

The Committee further reported, that Mr. McKean had laid before them, an account of the application of 40 Dollars, put into his hands by Congress, by which it appears that there remains in his bands, the sum of 15.4 Dollars.

Ordered, That the same be paid into the hands of Timothy Matlack, he to be accountable.

The Committee on the disposition of the Prisoners, reported the Form of a Parole to be signed by the Officers, which being read, was agreed to, as follows:

"I......., being made a prisoner of war, by the Army of the Thirteen United Colonies in North-America, do promise and engage, on my word and honour, and on the faith of a gentleman, to depart from hence immediately to .....in the Province of......being the place of my election; and there, or within six miles thereof, to remain during the present war between Great Britain and the said United Colonies, or until the Congress of the said United Colonies shall order otherwise; and that I will not directly or indirectly, give any intelligence whatsoever to the enemies of the United Colonies, or do, or say any thing in opposition to, or in prejudice of, the measures and proceedings of any Congress for the said Colonies, during the present troubles, or until I am duly exchanged or discharged.

" Given under my hand, this ..... day of ..... A. D ..... "

The Secret Committee, to whom the Petition of Mr. Pierre Le Fargue was referred, brought in their Report.

Whereupon, Resolved, That Mr. Pierre Le Fargue be permitted to load the Sloop, in which he imported a small quantity of Powder and Arms, with the produce of these Colonies, (Horned Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Poultry, and Lumber for making Casks excepted,) and export the same to Martinique. And that the said Mr. Pierre Le Fargue do take every possible precaution to avoid all British men of-war and cutters on the voyage, and use his utmost endeavours to import into these Colonies the Powder and Arms mentioned in his Memorial, and proposed to be imported by him.

The Committee on the Memorial of Murray, Sansom & Co., &c., brought in their Report, which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

A Memorial from the Committee of Safety of Pennsylvania, was laid before Congress, respecting the erecting of Powder-Mills.

Ordered, To lie on the table.

Resolved, That the sum of 100 Dollars be paid to Mr. Dohickey Arundel, and that he be directed immediately to repair to General Schuyler.

That a quarter-cask of Powder be delivered to Captain Craig, of Colonel St. Clair's Battalion, for the use of his Company.

That the sum of 12,000 Dollars be advanced to the Convention or Committee of Safety of New- York, for the use of the Battalions to be raised there; that the same be transmitted by the Delegates of that Colony, the said Convention, or Committee of Safety, to be accountable.

A Letter from Doctor Rush, and a Memorial from Doctor Connolly, respecting the state of said Connolly's health, was presented to Congress and read: whereupon,

Resolved, That the said J. Connolly be allowed, at suitable times, to walk in the Prison-yard, or Hall, the Jail keeper taking especial care to prevent his escape.

The Inhabitants of Richmond County, in the Colony of New- York, having refused to send Deputies to represent them in Provincial Convention, and otherwise manifested their enmity and opposition to the system and measures adopted for preserving the liberties of America; and, as a just punishment for their inimical conduct, the Inhabitants of that Colony having been prohibited by the Convention from all intercourse and dealings with the Inhabitants of the said County, and this Congress being informed by the Committee of Safety of that Colony, that the Freeholders of the said County, did afterwards, without any opposition, elect Deputies to represent them in Provincial Convention; but, as the proceedings against them had been submitted to the consideration of Congress, it was apprehended the Deputies could not be received, until the sense of Congress thereupon should be communicated:

Resolved, therefore, That it be referred to the said Provincial Convention, to lake such measures respecting the admission of the Deputies, and revoking the interdict upon the Inhabitants of said County, as they shall judge most expedient: Provided, That the said Deputies, and major part of the Inhabitants of said County, shall subscribe the Association entered into in that Colony.

Resolved, That Monday, the 19th day of this month, be appointed for Doctor Smith to deliver, a Funeral Oration in honour of General Montgomery, and of those Officers and Soldiers who so magnanimously fought and fell with him in maintaining the principles of American liberty.

Adjourned to ten o'clock, to-morrow,

Friday, February 9, 1776.

Mr. Elbridge Gerry, from the Massachusetts-Bay, attended, and produced a Certificate of the appointment of Delegates from that Colony; which being read, and is as follows:

"In Council, January 18, 1776.

"Whereas, John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams Robert Treat Paine, and Elbridge Gerry, Esquires, have been chosen, by joint ballot of the two Houses of Assembly, to represent the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England, in the American Congress, until the 1st day of January, A. D. 1777:

"Resolved, That they, or any one or more of them, are hereby fully empowered with the Delegates from the other American Colonies, to concert, direct, and order such further measures, as shall to them appear best calculated for the establishment of right and liberty to the American Colonies, upon a basis permanent and secure, against the power and art of the British Administration, and guarded against any future encroachments of their enemies, with.