Congress immediately, and that the Doorkeeper inform him of this Order.

Mr. Nicholas Low attending, produced an Account against the Congress of this Colony for one thousand five hundred and three pounds of Gunpowder, at the rate of £30 per hundred.

Ordered, That Peter V. B. Livingston, Esq., as Treasurer of this Congress, pay unto Mr. Nicholas Low the sum of £450 18s., in full for one thousand five hundred and three pounds Gunpowder, purchased of him by order of this Congress, for this Colony, on the 16th April last, and take his receipt for the same.

Daniel Inslow attending, was called in, as also the complainants; who were respectively heard.

Thereupon, Resolved and Ordered, That Daniel Inslow do immediately redeliver to Wilder Wood the Cattle which he took from him, and that he see them safely driven to the yard from which they were driven.

The said Daniel Inslow being called in again, and the Order read to him, he was reprimanded from the Chair for his imprudent conduct, and discharged.

Brigadier-General Scott represented to the House that the service rendered it necessary that a Major of Brigade be immediately appointed to the detachment of Militia under his command, and requested the Congress to appoint a person to that office.

Thereupon, Resolved, That General Scott be authorized and requested to nominate and appoint such person to said office as he shall think proper.

Whereupon, General Scott nominated and appointed Mr. Nicholas Fish to be his Brigade Major, and requested that he be commissioned for that purpose; which was unanimously agreed to.

General Scott informed the Congress that the Majority in Colonel Lasher’s Regiment is vacant, and that a Major is a very necessary and useful Officer in forming a new Regiment. The same being immediately taken into consideration, it was unanimously agreed to.

And Ordered, That Colonel Lasher, with his Officers, be requested to nominate a proper person for Major to his Regiment, and return his name to this Congress to be commissioned.

Egbert Benson, Chairman of the Committee of Dutchess County, delivered into Congress a written statement of a charge of bribery and corruption in an election for Officers of a Militia Company in Rhinebeck Precinct, and of the proceedings of the said Precinct Committee thereon.

Ordered to be read, and that the same be taken into consideration when the present hurry of business is over.

Friday afternoon, June 21, 1776.

The Congress met pursuant to adjournment.

Present: John Haring, President pro tem.

FOR NEW-YORK.—Mr. Randall, Colonel Remsen.

FOR ALBANY.—Colonel Rensselaer, Mr. Gansevoort.

FOR SUFFOLK.—Mr. Hobart, Mr. Wickham.

FOR ULSTER.—Major Parks.

FOR DUTCHESS.—Mr. Schenck, Mr. Vanderburgh, Colonel Graham.

FOR ORANGE.—Mr. Haring, Mr. Pye, Colonel Allison.

FOR WESTCHESTER.—Mr. Tompkins, Colonel Graham.

FOR QUEEN’S.—Colonel Blackwell.

FOR CUMBERLAND.—Colonel Marsh.

FOR CHARLOTTE.—Mr. Webster.

FOR RICHMOND.—Mr. Journey, Mr. Cortelyou.

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

FOR TRYON.—Mr. Moore, Mr. Harper.

The Committee appointed to make an arrangement of, and report the proper mode for, raising the two Companies in Dutchess County and one Company in Westchester County, delivered in their Report, which was read; and being again read paragraph by paragraph, was agreed to.

And Ordered, That one of the Secretaries prepare a set of Resolves agreeable to the said Report, that they be read to the House in the morning, and if approved of, that certified copies thereof be transmitted to the General Committee of Dutchess and Westchester Counties.

On motion, Resolved, That it be recommended to the General Committee of King’s County immediately to take effectual measures that all the Boats and Craft in the Buy, on the south and southwest sides of the said County, be drawn up on the upland to such a distance from the water as to prevent as much as possible the disaffected persons in that County from keeping up a communication with the enemy, and that the Oars and Sails belonging to the said Boats and Craft be secured in the most effectual manner.

Ordered, That a certified copy of the said Resolution be transmitted to the Committee of King’s County, and that the President write a Letter to the said Committee, and request of them to cause the said Resolution to be carried into execution without delay.

The Committee appointed to take into consideration the Letter of the Hon. John Hancock, and the Resolve of Congress therein enclosed, delivered their Report in the form of Resolutions; which were read. And after some time spent in considering the same,

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed till to-morrow morning.

Mr. Bancker, one of the Members of the Committee for auditing the Accounts of this Congress, informed the Congress “that Captain Ezekiel Hyatt, of Colonel McDougall’s Regiment, had delivered into the said Committee the Billeting-Roll of his Company;" that the said Billeting-Roll has been examined by Mr. Gerard Bancker, and found to be true and right; that the men of Captain Hyatt’s Company are very mutinous for want of their money; and as there is but one Member of the said Committee in town, the said Billeting-Roll cannot be paid off otherwise than by ah order from Congress.

Thereupon, Ordered, That P. V. B. Livingston, Esq., as Treasurer of this Congress, pay to Captain Ezekiel Hyatt, of Colonel McDougall’s Regiment, the sum of £141 1s. 11d., in full for the billeting of the said Company.

The Petition of William Mackelvain and Stephen Fontain, both confined in Jail by order of the General Committee of New-York, was read.

Ordered, That they be referred to the General Committee of New-York, who are requested to take the same into consideration.

Saturday morning, June 22, 1776.

The Congress met pursuant to adjournment.

Present: John Haring, Esq., President pro tem.

FOR NEW-YORK.—Mr. Randall, Colonel Stoutenburgh, Mr. Van Cortlandt.

FOR ALBANY.—Colonel Rensselaer, Mr. Gansevoort.

FOR SUFFOLK.—Mr. Wickham, Mr. Hobart.

FOR ORANGE.—Mr. Haring, Mr. Pye, Mr. Allison.

FOR ULSTER.—Colonel Hasbrouck, Major Parks.

FOR DUTCHESS.—Colonel Graham, Mr. Vanderburgh, Mr. De Lavergne, Mr. Schenck.

FOR RICHMOND.—Mr. Journey, Mr. Cortelyou.

FOR WESTCHESTER.—Colonel Graham.

FOR KING’S.—Mr. Polhemus.

FOR TRYON.—Mr. Harper.

FOR CHARLOTTE.—Mr. Webster, Colonel Malcom.

FOR CUMBERLAND.—Colonel Marsh.

FOR QUEEN’S.—Colonel Blackwell.

The Resolutions for raising two Companies of fifty men each, Officers included, in Dutchess County, and one Company of fifty men, Officers included, in Westchester, were read; and being again read, were unanimously approved of, and are as follows:

Whereas there are sundry disaffected and dangerous persons in the Counties of Dutchess and Westchester, who do now greatly disturb the peace of the said Counties, and will most probably take up arms whensoever the enemy shall make a descent upon this Colony, to the great annoyance of the said Counties in particular, and of other the good people of this Colony: And whereas by reason of the several drafts which have been made in the said Counties, according to the late recommendation of the Continental Congress, the Militia thereof are rendered incapable of keeping peace and order in the said Counties without great inconvenience to themselves and much injury to, and neglect of, their private property: And inasmuch as the interest of this Colony may be materially affected by any dissensions which may prevail in the said Counties while the Continental Troops are engaged