and proceed, without delay, to the said County of Hunterdon, in order to apprehend such Insurgents and disaffected persons as this Congress shall direct.

Resolved, unanimously, That such Officers and Militia as engage in this service shall receive the like pay as the Continental Troops.

Resolved, unanimously, That the said Militia furnish themselves with Provisions, and that this Congress will order payment therefor.

Resolved, That the following Directions, signed by the President, be sent to Colonel Ten Eick:

Colonel ABRAHAM TEN EICK:

Your are hereby ordered to apprehend John Vaught, Joseph Lee, Thomas Swindle, George Cyphers, Jun., Peter Cyphers, John Day, William Hunt, Jun., Jonathan Hunt, John Hunt, John Seal, Jun., Herman Millham, Christopher Vaught, James MacCord, George Casner, Thomas Buskirk, Frederick Frittz, Peter Abgar, Daniel Hunt, George Updike, John Horpence, Philip Forker, Christopher Dilts, Bartholomew Thatcher, Samuel Slater, Edward Taylor, and John Taylor, all of whom you are to keep under strong guard, and to bring before this Congress, or Committee of Safety, or, during their recess, to deliver them to the keeper of the common Jail of Trenton, who is hereby commanded to keep them in close and safe confinement, until this Congress, or Committee of Safety, shall take further orders therein.

Adjourned to three o’clock, afternoon.

Met according to adjournment.

The Committee appointed to draft a Constitution, &c., reported a draft accordingly; which was read, and ordered a second reading.

Ordered, That Mr. Mehelm, Mr. Woodhull, Dr. Bloomfield, and Mr. Joseph Holmes, be a Committee to examine and report all publick Accounts.

Ordered, That the President write to the Western Commissioners, and desire them to deliver half a hundred weight of Gunpowder to Colonel Johnston.

A Petition from the Town Committees of Galloway and Great Egg-Harbour, praying that the surplus of the money arising from the sale of goods saved in a transport which was stranded on the coast, may be appropriated towards equipping such persons within their bounds as are unable to equip themselves; was read, and ordered a second reading.

Ordered, That Mr. Philip Vickers Fithian be Chaplain to the Battalion under the command of Colonel Newcomb, and to the Battalion to be raised in the Counties of Middlesex and Monmouth, which are destined for New-York.

The Petition from sundry Inhabitants of the County of Monmouth, praying that none of the Militia may be taken out of that County, as it lies so exposed to hostile invasions, was read a second time, and ordered to lie on the table.

Ordered, That the Company under the command of Captain Stillwell, which was directed by the late Committee of Safety to guard the coast of this Colony near Sandy-Hook, be continued until the further order of this Convention or Committee of Safety. If it be inconvenient for any of the Company to continue in the said employment, Captain Stillwell is hereby empowered to supply such deficiency by inlistment.

Ordered, That Colonel George Taylor be Commissary for the said Company.

A Petition from Thomas Okeson, now confined in Burlington Jail, for corresponding with the enemy, praying that he may be released; read, and ordered a second reading.

Adjourned till to-morrow morning, eight o’clock.

Thursday, June 27, 1776.

Met according to adjournment.

The Memorial from Azariah Dunham, Esq., requesting the appointment of Commissary and Paymaster for the Troops to be raised in this Province for the Continental service; read the second time. Whereupon,

Resolved, That this Congress recommend Mr. Dunham as Commissary for the new levies raising in this Colony to reinforce the Army at New-York.

Resolved, That Mr. Rowland Chambers be recommended by this Congress to the honourable Continental Congress as a proper person to be Paymaster of the said levies.

The Congress resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, and, Mr. Covenhoven being in the chair, took under consideration the draft of a Constitution, &c.

The President resumed the chair, and Mr. Covenhoven, from the Committee of the Whole, made report that they have made some progress in the matters to them referred, and pray leave to sit again.

A Letter from the Provincial Congress of New-York, enclosing an extract from their Minutes, was received and read.

Adjourned till three o’clock, afternoon.

Met according to adjournment.

The Congress resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, and, Mr. Covenhoven being in the chair, resumed the consideration of the draft of a Constitution.

The President resumed the chair, and Mr. Covenhoven, from the Committee of the Whole, made report that they have made some further progress in the matters to them referred, and desire leave to sit again.

Adjourned till to-morrow morning, eight o’clock.

Friday, June 28, 1776.

Met according to adjournment.

A Petition from the Officers of the Militia of Gloucester, appointed to raise men for the Continental service to reinforce the Troops now in New-York, setting forth that fifteen shillings a week is not sufficient to defray their expenses in inlisting said men, and requesting that this Congress would make such further allowance as may be reasonable and necessary; was read, and ordered a second reading.

Two Petitions from sundry Inhabitants of the Township of Upper Freehold, in the County of Monmouth, praying that this Congress would immediately establish such mode of Government as shall be equal to the exigencies of this Colony, and fully coincide with the Resolve of the honourable Continental Congress of the 15th of May last; read, and ordered a second reading.

The several Petitions for and against the establishment of a Government; read the second time, and referred to the Committee of the Whole.

The Congress resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole.

The President resumed the chair, when Mr. Covenhoven, from the Committee of the Whole, made report that they had not yet come to any Resolutions, and desired leave to sit again.

Adjourned till three o’clock afternoon.

Met according to adjournment.

Ordered, That Mr. Andrew Hunter be Chaplain to the three Battalions now raising in this Colony, under the command of Colonels Van Cortland, Martin, and Hunt, destned to reinforce the Army at New-York.

The Congress resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole.

The President resumed the chair, and Mr. Covenhoven, from the Committee of the Whole, made report that they had not yet come to any Resolutions, and desired leave to sit again.

Pursuant to a Certificate of Election,

Ordered, That Elliot Howell be Second Lieutenant of the Light Infantry Company in the first Battalion of Foot Militia in the County of Hunterdon, whereof Isaac Smith, Esquire, is Colonel.

Pursuant to a Certificate of Election,

Ordered, That Joseph Clunn be Ensign of a Company at Trenton, in the same Battalion.

Adjourned till seven o’clock to-morrow morning.

Saturday, June 29, 1776.

Met according to adjournment.

A Petition from the County Committee of Monmouth, setting forth that, in pursuance of a Resolution of the late Congress, said Committee furnished Colonel Maxwell’s Battalion