Letter from Gen. Schuyler to Walter Livingston and the gentlemen of the Secret Committee, May 22: Thanks them for the measures they have taken to counteract the false reports of the Tories; the most vigorous measures ought to be pursued against Sir John Johnson,

Letter from Colonel Dayton to General Schuyler, May 24: Enclosing Depositions respecting the movements of Sir John Johnson,

Letter from Colonel Dayton to General Schuyler, May 24: Sir John Johnson has escaped; Lady Johnson says he is on his road to Niagara, and that we shall soon hear where he is,

Letter from General Schuyler to Colonel Dayton, May 25: Lady Johnson should be removed to Albany, without delay, in the most easy and commodious manner to her; the Highlanders, with their families, must also be removed to that place; it may be necessary to remove all the Tories out of Tryon County. Should Sir John be taken, he must be sent under such a guard as will prevent a rescue,

Letter from General Schuyler to Colonel Dayton, May 27: His operations in Tryon County have been conducted with that prudence which distinguishes the officer and man of sense; the Highlanders who have not fled, may remain at Johnstown, under certain restrictions,

Letter from General Arnold to General Gates: He is heartily chagrined to think we have lost in one month all that the immortal Montgomery was a whole campaign in gaining, together with our credit and many men, and an amazing sum of money. The Commissioners, Mr. Chase and Mr. Carroll of Carrolton, leave Chambly on their return home this day,

Newburyport, Massachusetts, votes for Independence,

Stockbridge, Massachusetts, instruct their Representatives to vote for Independence,

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, instruct Valentine Rathbun to use his influence with the Assembly to notify the Continental Congress that the whole Province are waiting for a Declaration of Independence,

Vote of the Town of Brunswick, Bristol County, Massachusetts, in favour of Independence,

The Governour having received intelligence that a large Army of foreign Troops, hired by the Ministry and powers of Great Britain to lay waste and destroy this country, are on their passage, and may be daily expected, the men lately ordered to be detached are to be fitted to march on any emergency,

Accounts of James Rice, for fitting out the brig Defence, and building the Row-Galley,

Payments made on account of the brig Defence, Captain Seth Harding,

Orders given to man and list for immediate service the three Row-Galleys now nearly ready, for immediate service,

Captains of the Row-Galleys required to attend at Hartford on Wednesday next, the 5th of June, for further orders,

Captain William Richards appointed Ship’s Husband to the Naval Armaments of the Province,

Committee to have cast a sufficient number of iron clock-weights, to exchange with the inhabitants for their clock-weights of lead,

Committee to procure, with the greatest possible expedition, seventy tons of shot,

Committee to purchase four old flats, for hulks, for covering the gondolas at the chevaux-defrise,

Captain James Craig appointed to effect the exchange of prisoners directed by the Continental Congress, on the 10th instant,

Thomas Richardson and Levi Hollingsworth directed to proceed, as soon as possible, to New-London, or Newport, for the cannon directed to be delivered to the Committee of Safety by their Resolve of the 7th instant,

Members directed to meet to-morrow morning, at nine o’clock precisely, on business of importance,

Committee to purchase two vessels, one for a magazine, the other for a provision vessel, for the Fleet,

Committee to survey the river, from Billingsport to Fort-Island,

Committee to inquire into the complaint of Congress against Thomas Dewees, Jailor, who had the charge and custody of Moses Kirkland,

Instructions to Mr. John Reed, Commissary, Barrack-Master, and Clerk of the Check, at Fort-Island,

Officers of the ship, armed boats, and floating and land batteries, required to make report of the quantity of military stores they now have,

Two galleys, for the protection of commerce in Delaware Bay, to be built with all possible despatch,

Commodore Caldwell directed to notify the Commanding Officers of the armed boats to attend the Committee of Safety on Saturday morning next, the 18th instant,

Committee to inquire and report the quantity of ammunition each armed boat was supplied with when they went down the river last week against the ships of war,

Committee to apply to Congress for sulphur and lead, and to erect fortifications at Billingsport,

Committee to draw up a Memorial to the Assembly, respecting the proceedings of the Committee of Safety upon the late attempts of the King’s ships to invade the Province,

Lieutenant George Cuppaidge, a prisoner, permitted to remove from Lebanon, in Lancaster, to Yorktown, in York County,

John Ryan, a prisoner, well acquainted with the River and Bay of Delaware, and otherwise dangerous to the Province, to be confined in Jail,

Survey of the Channel, on the east side of the Bar, opposite Fort-Island, ordered,

Memorial to the Continental Congress, requesting that the further defences for the City and River may be carried into execution at the Continental charge,

Instructions to William Richards, Ship’s Husband to the Pennsylvania Fleet,

Colonel Miles directed to detach from the Provincial Troops a working party of one hundred men to Fort-Island,

Memorial to the Assembly, requesting the number of the Committee of Safety may be increased, by adding more persons residing in the City,

Memorial to Congress, of the 21st instant, to be reconsidered to-morrow morning,

Commitment of the prisoners from North-Carolina, ordered into close confinement by the Congress,

Resignation of Commodore Caldwell accepted,

Memorial to the Assembly, requesting an inquiry into the causes of the failure to capture the Roebuck,

The Committee of Safety to meet to-morrow evening, at seven o’clock, to consider of a proper person to be appointed Commodore of the Fleet,

Martin West appointed master of the ammunition vessel, and James Simpson master of the provision vessel,

Jeremiah Simmons appointed Captain-Lieutenant of the Provincial Artillery Company,

Committee to draw up an account of the military preparations in the Province, to be laid before the Assembly,

Captain Montgomery directed to take command of the armed boat Chatham, instead of the Ranger,