FOR DUTCHESS.—Colonel Peter Ten Broeck, Colonel Morris Graham, Major R. G. Livingston.

FOR ULSTER,—Mr. Rhea, Mr. Lefever, Colonel Palmer, (on service.)

FOR ORANGE.—Colonel Allison, Colonel Hay, (absent on service.)

FOR RICHMOND.—Mr. Adrian Bancker.

FOR TRYON.—Mr. Moore.

FOR KING’s.—Mr. Polhemus,

FOR CUMBERLAND.—Colonel William Williams.

A Letter from Mr. john Berrien, dated the 15th instant, was read. He has therein stated an account of Moneys by him advanced to Bernard Romans, while employed as an Engineer in this Colony, amounting in the whole to seventeen. Pounds seven Shillings and seven Pence.

Ordered, That the said Letter remain with the Secretaries, and that the Committee of Safety, or the Auditors of Accounts, on a settlement with Bernard Romans, deduct those Moneys, or so much thereof as they shall find him chargeable with, out of his pay.

A Letter from Major-General Schuyler, relating to Captain Wynkoop, and the command of the Vessels on the Lakes, was read and filed, and is in the words following, to wit:

“Albany, March 8, 1776.

“SIR: I am honoured with yours of the 4th instant. The Continental Congress have resolved that Captain Wynkoop should be employed upon the lakes under Commodore Douglass. Whether the latter gentleman means to engage in that service, I do not know. Of this, Congress can very speedily inform itself, as he resides near New-York. Should he not engage, there is no person I would more willingly have to command the vessels than Captain Wynkoop; at any rate I wish you to send him up the soonest possible, with a sufficient number of sailors for the two schooners and sloop.

I am, sir, your most obedient, and very humble servant,

“PHILIP SCHUYLER.

“To Nathaniel Woodhull, Esq.,&c.”

Thereupon, a Message was sent to Mr. Wynkoop, who attended.

A copy of the said Letter was delivered to him. He was requested to go to Major Douglass with a copy of the said Letter, and show it to him, and request to know of him whether he will accept of that command; and that Captain Wynkoop give an answer to the Committee of Safety, whether he will proceed to the Lakes, in the station assigned him.

The Letter from the Committee of Suffolk County, dated the 1st day of March, instant, and inserted in the Minutes of yesterday, was again read. The Congress took into consideration that part of it relating to the Embargo laid by the County Committee on the Provisions in that County.

Thereupon, Ordered, That it be entirely submitted to the care, wisdom, and discretion, of the Committee of Suffolk County to continue the said Embargo after the 1st day of April next, or otherwise, as they shall think proper and best for the inhabitants of that County in particular, and of the Continental service in general, as occasion and circum­stances may then point out or require.

N. B. A list of the names of the men inlisted in Captain Horton’s Company, is filed this day.

The Congress was informed by Mr. Paulding, one of the Members, that Captain Jonathan Horton has recruited a great part of his Company, and is in necessity for a sum of Money to pay the Wages due to his men.

Ordered, That Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Esq., as Treasurer of this Congress, advance to Captain Jonathan Horton the sum of fifty Pounds, in part of the pay of his Company; that Captain Horton be accountable for that sum in part of the pay of his Company, and give a receipt for the Money to the said Treasurer.

Mr. Hobart moved that a Captain-Lieutenant, and other Lieutenants, be appointed to serve in the Company of Ar­tillery whereof John Grenell is appointed Captain.

The Congress, thereupon, Resolved and Agreed, That the undernamed gentlemen be appointed Officers in that Company, viz: Joseph Crane, Captain-Lieutenant, (on his producing a, certificate that he has been examined and is duly qualified;) George Fleming, First Lieutenant; Thomas Grenell, Jun., Second Lieutenant; John Reed, Jun., Third Lieutenant, or Lieutenant Fire-Worker.

The Congress resumed the consideration of that part of the Report of their Committee, on the 8th of March, which contained Lord Stirling’s answer, as to the case of Samuel Gale. And taking the case of the said Samuel Gale into consideration,

Resolved, That this Congress are of opinion that he ought to be forthwith discharged from his confinement, he having been taken, carried away, and imprisoned, without any hear­ing, trial, or adjudication whatever.

And Ordered, That a Letter be written to the Chairman of the Committee of Fairfield County, in the Colony of Connecticut, requesting the immediate discharge of the said Samuel Gale.

A draft of a Letter to the Chairman of the Committee of Fairfield County, was read and approved of, and is in the words following, to wit:

SIR: The enclosed resolution of the Provincial Congress will show you their opinion in the case of Samuel Gale. I have it in charge from the Provincial Congress to request your order that he may be immediately discharged from confinement.

I have the honour to be, with the greatest respect, sir, your most obedient humble servant.

To the Chairman of the Committee of Fairfield County.

Ordered, That Nathaniel Woodhull, Isaac Roosevelt, Abraham Yates, Jun., Morris Graham, and William Paulding, Esquires, Members of this Provincial Congress, do execute the Contract agreed to with Mr. Abraham Livingston, for supplying all the Continental Troops, to be employed in this Colony, with the Rations allowed by Congress in pursuance of the resolutions and recommendations of the Continental Congress on that subject, made and passed on the — day of February last past; a certified copy whereof is filed amongst the Minutes and Proceedings of this Congress, on the 22d day of February aforesaid.

The Committee appointed to consider what Manufactures ought to be encouraged in this Colony, delivered in their Report, which was read; and, being again read, paragraph by paragraph, and amended, and unanimously agreed to, is in the words following, to wit:

Whereas it is necessary for the security of this Colony to establish manufactures of Gunpowder in the same; and this Congress having resolved to lend money for the encourage­ment thereof, and it being judged expedient to add some further encouragement to those who shall erect Powder-Mills in this Colony:

Resolved, That any person who shall, on or before the 20th day of May next, erect a Powder-Mill in this Colony, (except in the Counties of New-York, Richmond, King’s, and Queen’s,) capable of manufacturing one thousand pounds of good merchantable Gunpowder per week, shall be entitled to receive of the Treasurer of this Congress the sum of one hundred Pounds.

Resolved, That the person who shall, on or before the 10th day of June next, erect the second Powder-Mill in this Colony, (except as before excepted,) capable of manufacturing one thousand pounds of good merchantable Gunpowder per week, shall be entitled to receive of the Treasurer of this Congress the sum of seventy-five Pounds.

Resolved, That the person who shall, on or before the 1st day of July next, erect the third Powder-Mill in this Colony, (except as before excepted,) capable of manufacturing one thousand pounds of good and merchantable Gunpowder per week, shall be entitled to receive of the Treasurer of this Congress the sum of fifty Pounds.

Provided, That no person shall be entitled to receive any of the premiums aforesaid, unless he shall first prove to the satisfaction of the Committee of the County in which such Powder-Mill shall be erected, by his oath, or the oath of the principal manufacturer and three of the most reputable freeholders in the neighbourhood of the Powder-Mill, that the same was completed within any of the periods aforesaid; and also have proved, to the satisfaction of the said Committee, by the oath of the proprietor and of the principal manufacturer, that the quantity of one thousand pounds weight of good and merchantable Gunpowder was

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