FOR ALBANY.—Mr. Glenn, Mr. Cuylcr, Mr. Ten Broeck, Colonel Rensselaer.

FOR ULSTER.—Colonel Hasbrouck, Major Parks.

FOR DCTCHESS.—Mr. James Livingston, Mr. De Lavergne, Mr. P. Schenck.

FOR ORANGE.—Mr. Little, Mr. Van Houten.

FOR QUEEN’S.—Colonel Blackivell, Mr. Lawrence.

FOR SUFFOLK.—General Woodhull, Mr. Tredwell, Mr. Strong.

FOR CHARLOTTE.—Colonel Malcom, Mr. Webster.

FOR KING’S.—Mr. Leffertse, Mr. Polhemus, Mr. Covenhoven.

FOR RICHMOND.—Mr. Journey, Mr. Conner.

FOR WESTCHESTER.—Colonel 6r. Drake, Mr. Haviland, Colonel L. Graham, Mr. Lockwood.

FOR TRYON.—Mr. Moore, Mr. Harper.

On motion, it was Ordered, That Major Lockwood have leave of absence.

Ordered, That Samuel Louden’s application and the parties be dismissed until the further order of this Congress.

A Letter from Joseph Trumbull, Esq., Commissary-General, was received and read, and is in the words following, to wit:

“New-York, June 11, 1776.

“GENTLEMEN: I am directed by his Excellency General Washington to apply to you, informing that he understands that considerable quantities of salted pork are shipping from this City and Colony to different foreign ports and places, and that he is apprehensive that the great augmentation of troops to be made here and in Canada will require all the pork in this and the neighbouring Colonies for their subsistence this campaign until new pork comes in; and therefore requests your interposition to put a stop to such exportation in such manner as to you shall appear most proper, to prevent the want of provisions for subsisting the troops employed in the necessary defence of our just rights and liberties.

“I am, gentlemen, with great respect, your most obedient humble servant,

“JOSEPH TRUMBDLL,

“Commissary of Stores and Provisions.

“To the Hon. the Colonial Congress of New-York.”

On consideration whereof, the Congress came into the following determination and Resolution, to wit:

Whereas it has been represented to this Congress that great quantities of salted Pork and Beef have been purchased for exportation, which, if not retained, may render the supplies of the Army difficult and uncertain:

Resolved, therefore, That no salted Beef or Pork, except as much as may be necessary for the use of the crew, be exported from this Colony in any vessel under any pretence whatsoever for the space of fourteen days, by which time the Continental Congress will have an opportunity of making some general regulations respecting the same.

A draft of an Answer to the Letter of Joseph Trumbull, Esq., Commissary-General, received this day, was read and approved of, and is in the words following, to wit:

In Provincial Congress, New-York, June 11, 1776.

SIR: Your letter has been received and communicated to the Congress of the Colony. Be pleased to inform his Excellency General Washington that this Congress has, by a resolution, of which the enclosed is a copy, restrained the exportation of beef and pork for fourteen days. They are of opinion that application should immediately be made to the Continental Congress, in order that a general regulation may take place; for although this Congress will always be ready to pursue such measures as may advance the common cause, yet the justice due to their constituents forbids them subjecting their Colony to partial restraints.

I am, sir, your most obedient servant.

By order.

To Joseph Trumbull, Esq., Commissary of Stores and Provisions.

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

A draft of a Letter to the Delegates of this Colony at Continental Congress, enclosing copies of Colonel Trum-bull’s Letter and answer thereto, and the Resolution for restraining the exportation of Beef and Pork for fourteen days, was read and approved of, and is in the words following, to wit:

In Provincial Congress, New-York, June 11, 1776.

GENTLEMEN: I am directed by the Congress of this Colony to transmit the enclosed papers to you, for the purpose of being communicated to the Continental Congress.

I am, gentlemen, your most obedient servant.

By order.

To the New-York Delegates at Continental Congress.

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

The Petition of Thomas Wooley, confined in Queen’ County Jail, was read. He therein makes submission for his past offences, and prays to be discharged.*

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Committee of Queen’s County, who are authorized to hear and determine thereon; and if the said Thomas Wooley shall make such concessions and engagements, or, if they should require it, give such security as they may think necessary, that they may direct him to be discharged.

A draft of a Letter to the Committee of Queen’s County, covering the Petition of Thomas Wooley, was read and approved of, and is in the words following, to wit:

In Provincial Congress, New-York, A. M., June 11, 1776.

GENTLEMEN: Enclosed you have a petition from Thomas Wooley to this Congress, which we have chosen to refer to you to judge of; and if you should think it contains a reasonable concession for his offences, you will then give orders for his discharge, only taking security for his future good behaviour if you should think that necessary.

We are, respectfully, sir, your most obedient servants.

To the Committee of Queen’s County.

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

A Letter from Colonel Ritzema, informing the Congress that there are about thirty Muskets, purchased by the Committee of Jamaica, and requesting an order for them†, was read.

Ordered, That Captain Riker be, and he is hereby, authorized to receive from the Committee of Jamaica the said Muskets, and have them repaired, where necessary, for the use of the Troops raised in this Colony; that Captain Riker take care that the said Committee send a particular account of the price of those Arms to Colonel Curtenms, at New-York; and that the said Arms pass through the hands of Colonel Curtenius in such manner that he may be enabled

* To the Honourable the Provincial Congress, or, in their recess, to the Committee of Safety for the Colony NEW-YORK.

The Petition of THOMAS WOOLEY, of COW-NECK, in the Township of HEMPSTEAD, humbly showeth:

That although your Petitioner, rather from inadvertency than any design to offend, may have rendered himself obnoxious to this honourable body, and drawn on himself as well their resentment as that misery and distress from which only the innocent can claim an exemption, (being confined in close jail by an order from this honourable board,) yet he humbly conceives that the punishment he has already suffered is fully adequate to his crime; that however unworthy a member of society your Petitioner may have been represented or conceived to be, he has yet the full confidence to assure this honourable Board that there yet remains in him that virtue that can distinguish him as a friend to his native country, (a greater love for which no man can have,) especially when every tender tie and affection that can endear him to his family and connexions inspires his breast with the warmest wishes for their happiness and welfare; that should the most cordial declaration of your Petitioner fail to excite commisseration for his present unhappy circumstances, he has only that consolation left which innocence always affords the distressed, that your Petitioner never meant to counteract nor in the least oppose the authority of this or any other the honourable Congress, but, on the contrary, cautiously, as he thought, avoided every infringement; and therefore prays that he may be released from his present imprisonment.

And your Petitioner shall ever pray, &c.

THOMAS WOOLEY.

JAMAICA JAIL, June 9, 1776.

†SIR: Captain Hiker informs me that Mr. Joseph Robinson acquainted him last Sunday that he could furnish him with about thirty muskets, so an order was obtained from Congress to the Committee of Jamaica to deliver them to the Captain. The wretched situation of my regiment for the want of arms has rendered it necessary for me to embrace every opportunity to proenre them. I shall be glad, therefore, of an order to the Committee of Jamaica to deliver their arms to Captain Hiker, and that he be directed to have them repaired and put in order at Newtown.

I am, sir, your very humble servant,

RCDOLPHUS RITZEMA.

Tuesday morning.

To the Chairman of the Committee of Safety for the Province of New-York.