of Captain John Hazlewood for £100; which is directed to be charged to his Account.

Resolved, That Captain David and Captain Mcllvaine be empowered and directed to take up six Shallops to transport a Battalion of Troops from this City to Bordentown, to sail to-morrow.

There being an immediate necessity of a great number of Tents and Haversacks to be made up for the publick service,

Resolved, That Messrs. Bridges, Smith, Kennard, and Collins, be authorized and directed to go through the Town and buy up all the Awnings that can be got; and also, that Messrs. Mason, Bridges, and Moulder, purchase all the coarse Linen they can meet with suitable for the above purposes; the whole to be made up by them as the Board shall hereafter direct.

The following Advertisement is ordered to be published in the different Newspapers of this City:

“The Committee of Safety hereby offer a reward of one hundred Dollars to any person who shall discover by whom the Pier intended to be sunk near Fort-Island was cut loose from its moorings and turned adrift.”

Resolved, That the Cannon arrived from New-London be sent down immediately to Fort-Island, and that Captain Proctor be directed to fit Carriages for them, and place as many of them for the present on the Platform, on the Battery there, as it will contain.

Resolved, That a number of rough Sheds be made at Billingsport, sufficient to accommodate and lodge five hundred Men to be employed on the Fortifications intended to be erected there.

That Mr. Robert Smith be directed to carry it into execution with all possible expedition.

The Committee, taking into consideration the Memorial of the Board of Officers of the City of Philadelphia, &c., for establishing a Patrol of Associators for the safeguard and peace of the City, came to the following Resolutions thereupon:

Resolved, That there be three Patrols of Associators for the City and Suburbs of the Northern District to begin on the north side of Arch Street and extend as far as Callowhill Street; the Middle District to begin on the south side of Arch Street and extend to the north side of Walnut Street; and the Southern District to begin on the south side of Walnut Street and extend to Almond Street; that each Patrol consist of a Commissioned Officer, who shall be allowed 5s.,

and four Privates, who shall be allowed 2s. 6d, each for the night; and are to patrol from eleven o’clock until daybreak.

Resolved, That it be recommended to the Colonels or Commanding Officers of the five Battalions in this City and Liberties to order and direct the said Patrols, and regulate the routine of duty in proportion to the strength of each Battalion, and to fix upon proper places for Guard Rooms.

Resolved, That the said Patrols be ordered and instructed carefully to avoid giving any disquiet to the peaceable inhabitants, but to examine all persons of suspicious appearance found in the streets, and confine such as cannot give a good account of themselves, or deliver them to the care of the City Watch; to observe and get the best information of any dangerous meetings of disaffected persons, and give intelligence thereof to the Committee of Inspection and Observation, or their sub-Committee, to whom the Officers of the Patrol are each day to report every material occurrence. That the Patrols may go beyond the limits of their respective Districts upon any particular occasion where their services may be necessary.

At a Special Meeting of the Committee of Safety, July 4, 1776:

Present: George Clymer, Chairman, Joseph Parker, Michael Hillegas, John Cadwallader, James Biddle, John Nixon, Samuel Morris, Jun., David Rittenhouse.

The honourable Continental Congress having sent the following Notice to this Committee,

Resolved, That the same be entered on the Minutes of this Board, which is as follows:

“GENTLEMEN: The Congress passed a recommendation this day requesting a Conference of the Committee of Safety, the Committee of Inspection of this City, the Delegates of New-York, New-Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and the Commanding Officers of the Association, to devise the most expeditious mode of raising and marching the Militia of this Province to the assistance of the neighbouring Colonies.

“I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,

“To the Honourable the Committee of Safety.”

Resolved, That Mons. Kirmovan, Engineer, be requested to lay out the Military Works at Billingsport.

Ordered, That John Nixon, Esq., and others, the Committee of Accounts, pay Mr. Benjamin Weatherby the purchase money of the Land at Billingsport, and charge it to account of Congress, being £600.

NEW-YORK PROVINCIAL CONGRESS.

This being the day on which the Provincial Congress was to meet at the City of New-York, pursuant to Elections held in the respective Counties of this Colony, on the . . . day of April last, the following gentlemen met in the Assembly-Chamber at the City-Hall of the City of New- York, viz:

FOR ALBANY.—Mr. Glenn, Mr. Cuyler.

FOR. ULSTER.—Mr. Wisner.

FoR SUFFOLK.—General Woodhull, Captain Wickham.

FOR WESTCHESTER.—Mr. Paulding.

FOR KING’S.—Mr. Polhemus.

FOR DUTCHESS.—Mr. Schenck.

FOR ORANGE.—Mr. Haring.

No other Members appearing, the gentlemen present could not proceed to business, as a Congress, for want of a sufficient number.

But Captain Wool having arrived this morning, and being attending with certain Prisoners apprehended on Long-Island, and brought here by order of the late Provincial Congress, the gentlemen present had Captain Wool and Isaac Ketcham severally brought in and examined in their presence before Mr. Alderman Brasher; and the Examination of Captain Wool and Isaac Ketcham, respectively, hereinafter follow, viz:

City of NEW-YORK, ss:

Jeremiah Wool, of the City of New-York, being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists, deposeth and saith: That he landed on Nassau-Island about nine or ten o’clock in the evening, last Saturday evening, and called on Thomas Weeks, Esquire, at Huntington, who was very ready and willing, on the order from Congress, to give his assistance in apprehending the persons therein named; that he then sent for the men under his command, and they arrived there about two o’clock last Sunday morning; that several of the Committee were then collected, who gave the deponent a guide to go with himself, and two guides to go with a party of his men to Isaac Ketcham’s house; that he proceeded with one party and a guide to Isaac Youngs’s house, find arrived there about the dawning of the day; that having set guards round the house, and knocked at the door, Isaac Youngs came to the door and opened it; that he (the deponent) immediately entered; that Isaac Youngs appeared much surprised; that the deponent told him he had business with him at Huntington, and desired him to make himself ready, and desired him to be silent and not make any alarm; that after Isaac Youngs had dressed himself, he proceeded with some of his men to search the house; that they then proceeded to an apartment of Israel Youngs, and searched that; that in that house they proceeded to a room in which they were informed Henry Dawkins usually lodged, and found under the bed in which he was informed Dawkins had lodged, a few Engraver’s tools; that at the head of one of the beds in that room, one of his Sergeants discovered a crack or opening in the wall, which they suspected to be a door; that on removing the bed and other furniture necessary, with a bayonet put into the crevice, they opened a small door, within which was a narrow stairs; that Isaac Youngs, who was present, appeared to be in terror, and trembled; that the deponent sent his Sergeant and another