Ordered, That a certified copy of the aforegoing Resolutions be immediately transmitted to the General Committee of Dutchess County.

Thursday morning, June 27, 1776.

The Congress met pursuant to adjournment.

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

FOR NEW-YORK.—Colonel Stoutenburgh, Colonel Broome, Mr. Randall, Mr. Van Cortlandt, Mr. P. Livingston, Mr. Hallett.

FOR ALBANY.—Colonel Rennselaer, Mr. Gansevoort.

FOR KING’S.—Mr. Polhemus.

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

FOR R ICHMOND.—Mr. Conner, Mr. Cortelyou.

FOR SUFFOLK.—Mr. Tredwell, Mr. Wickham.

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

FOR TRYON.—Mr. Moore, Mr. Harper.

FOR ULSTER.—Colonel Hasbrouck, Major Parks.

FOR WESTCHESTER.—Mr. Morris, Colonel M. Graham, Mr. Paulding.

FOR QUEEN’S.—Colonel Blackwell.

FOR CHARLOTTE.—Mr. Webster.

FOR CUMBERLAND.—Colonel Marsh.

The Committee of Pay-Table requested the opinion of Congress whether the forty-eight men which Colonel Lasher was requested to furnish to guard the Records of this Colony, was meant exclusive of Officers.

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Congress, that the guard of forty-eight men, which Colonel Lasher was requested to furnish to guard the Records, was intended to be forty-eight Privates, exclusive of Officers.

Ordered, That Jonathan Holmes be, and he is hereby, appointed Second Lieutenant in Captain Ricker’s Company, in Colonel Ritzema’s Regiment, on condition that he join the said Regiment, with sixteen able-bodied men, in fourteen days from this day.

Ordered, That a Warrant be issued to Mr. Holmes on the conditions as above-mentioned.

A motion was made by Mr. Morris, in the words following, viz: I move that Augustus Van Horn, Vincent Pierce Ashfield, Thomas W. Moore, and John L. C. Roome, be sent for; and, upon their signing the Association and giving security to appear and answer to the charges brought against them, that they be discharged.

Debates arose on the said motion; and the question being put, it was carried in the affirmative, in the manner following, that is to say:

Thereupon, Resolved and Ordered, That Messrs. Augustus Van Horn, Vincent Pierce Ashfield, Thomas W. Moore, and John L. C. Roome, be immediately brought before this Congress in custody of the Jailer.

Mr. Hallett informed the Congress, at the request of Mr. Lawrence Kortright, that Mr. Kortright has a certain number of Guns (six-pounders) at the Fortifications in the Highlands and elsewhere; that sundry persons have applied to Mr. Kortright to purchase the said Guns, but that he chose, if the General or Congress want them, to give them the preference. Mr. Kortright requests, further, that if the General or Provincial Congress shall please to retain them, that he may be paid such price for them as they may be reasonably worth.

Ordered, That Mr. Hallett and Mr. John Van Cortlandt be a Committee to confer with General Washington on the subject.

Augustus Van Horn, Vincent P. Ashfield, Thomas W. Moore, and John L. C. Roome, attending at the door, were called in, and the Association, in and by the Resolutions of this Congress of the 20th instant, severally tendered to them; whereupon the said A. Van Horn, V. P. Ashfield, and Thomas W. Moore, did each of them subscribe the same, and did respectively give security to appear and answer to any charges against them as inimical to the cause and rights of America.

Therefore, Ordered, That the said A. Van Horn, V. P. Ashfield, and Thomas W. Moore, be discharged.

The said John L. C. Roome, on the said Association being tendered to him, declared that it was against his conscience to sign the same; and that if he did, it would be only for the sake of being discharged from his present confinement, that he might, as he is indisposed, have an opportunity of going into the country for the benefit of the fresh air.

Thereupon, Ordered, That he be remanded to Jail until the further order of this Congress.

Colonel Van Brunt delivered a Return of the Captain and Second Lieutenant for the fifty-eight men, being the quota of the Militia of the said County to reinforce the Continental Army at New- York, to wit: Jacques Rapalye Captain, and George Carpenter Second Lieutenant.

Ordered, That Commissions be issued. And they were issued accordingly.

Ordered, That Captain William Mercier and Captain John Berrian be, and are hereby, authorized and requested to inquire and obtain intelligence and proof of, and make an inventory and account of, all the Cannon, Cannon-Ball, Shells, and other Military Stores, belonging to and now in this Colony, or which have by any means been taken out of this Colony for the use of the Continent or in the Continental service, particularly specifying the weight, number, and value of each.

Colonel McDougall informed the Congress that 10s. Provincial or Pennsylvania money, equal to 10s. 8d. New-York money, is allowed to the Officers inlisting in other Colonies for each Recruit.

Ordered, That the like allowance be paid to the Officers of the Continental Regiments in this Colony for each Recruit who shall pass muster.

Thursday afternoon, June 27, 1776.

The Congress met pursuant to adjournment.

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

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

FOR ALBANY.—Colonel Rensselaer.

FOR KING’S.—Mr. Polhemus.

FOR TRYON.—Mr. Moore, Mr. Harper.

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

FOR QUEEN’S.—Colonel Blackwell.

FOR SUFFOLK.—Mr. Tredwell, Mr. Wickham.

FOR ORANGE.—Mr. Haring, Colonel Allison.

FOR CHARLOTTE.—Mr. Webster.

FOR ULSTER.—Colonel Hasbrouck, Major Parks.

FOR WESTCHESTER.—Colonel L. Graham, Mr. Paulding.

FOR RICHMOND.—Mr. Conner, Mr. Cortelyou.

FOR C UMBERLAND.—Colonel Marsh.

The Letter received yesterday from Colonel Reed, Adjutant-General, informing Congress that John Alner, a citizen of this City, was taken in custody by the Guard at the Narrows, on suspicion of having been on board the enemy’s Ships at Sandy-Hook, and that he is now in custody of the Guard at the City-Hall. *

The said Alner, being ordered into Congress, was examined. He at first denied that he had been on board any of the said Ships; but being strictly interrogated, acknowledged that he had been on board the enemy’s Ships at the Hook. His examination, as taken by the Secretary, was read to him, and filed. And the said Alner was remanded to the custody of the said Guard.

Colonel Broome delivered in a List of the names of the Officers and Soldiers taken on board the Transport on the back of Long-Island, and who are now under guard in this City; which was read and filed.

* SIR: John Alner, a citizen of New-York, was taken up this morning alone in a boat near the man-of-war. The circumstances are so suspicious that it was not thought proper to discharge him; but as his political character will be of weight on such an occasion, he is referred to your honourable body to be dealt with.

I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient humble servant,

JOSEPH REED, Adjutant-General.

To the Hop. the Chairman of the Provincial Congress, New-York,