John Hazlewood appointed Captain and Superintendent of the Fire Vessels and Fire Rafts, and to the Guard Boats,

1288

Memorandum delivered by Robert Morris; of his application to the Congress respecting the Flying Camp,

1288

22,

Money advanced to Lawrence Bernie, to assist in carrying on a File Manufactory,

1289

Ammunition to the Colonels of the different Battalions of the Associators in Chester County,

1289

Committee to agree with Thomas Savage to carry on the manufactory of Salt on the Jersey shore,

1290

25,

Commodore Davidson directed to confine his command to the Ship and Floating Battery,

1291

Captain Dougherty directed to attend the Committee to receive such instructions as may be judged necessary,

1291

Committee to draw up a state of the publick transactions of the Committee of Safety, to be laid before the publick, if necessary,

1291

26,

Colonel David McCutcheon committed to prison, as a person dangerous to the safety of American liberty,

1291

27,

Instructions for Henry Dougherty, as eldest Captain of the thirteen armed Boats in the service of the Province,

1291

Publick notice given by the Committee of their intention to prosecute any person who shall harbour, conceal, or in any manner employ any deserter from the service of the Colony,

1292

28,

Committee to employ proper Engineers to make a draft of Fortifications proper to be erected at Billingsport, and to report what works are proper to be erected there,

1293

July 1,

Captains for the four Companies of Germans, to be raised in this Province, will be appointed on Friday, the 5th instant, and Lieutenants and Ensigns, on Friday, the 12th,

1294

2,

Address of the Committee of Safety to the Inhabitants of Pennsylvaniya

1295

Agreement with Captain Benjamin Loxley for casting Brass Artillery for the use of the Province,

1296

Commission granted to John Hunn, as commander of the privateer schooner Security, of thirty tons burden, eight carriage guns, and eleven men,

1296

Commission granted James Robertson, master of the privateer sloop Chance, burden thirty tons, six carriage guns, and thirty-four men,

1297

Continental Powder Mill to be furnished with ten tons of Saltpetre and two tons of Sulphur,

1297

Letters to the Colonels of the different Battalions of Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, and Lancaster Counties, requesting them to be in order to march to Philadelphia at an hour’s warning,

1297

3,

Lieutenants Bogan and Ball, refusing to sign paroles, are ordered to be sent to Yorktown and confined,

1297

Colonel Miles directed to march the Rifle Battalion to Philadelphia immediately,

1298

Officers, prisoners-of-war, required to wear their uniforms whenever they go abroad; all who do not, to be taken up and confined,

1298

4,

Pay of the three Battalions of Provincial Troops under the command of Colonel Miles, increased to Continental pay,

1298

Battalion of Riflemen to get ready to proceed to Bordentown, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Brodhead,

1298

The Cannon arrived from New-London to be sent down immediately to Fort-Island,

1299

May 14,

Several Members met at the Assembly Chamber, in the City-Hall,

1299

Examination of Captain Jeremiah Wool by Alderman Brasher: Arrest of counterfeiters on Long-Island,

1299

Examination of Isaac Ketchum, of Huntington, Suffolk County, Nassau-Island,

1302

Deposition of Thomas Henderson,

1303

Examination of Henry Dawkins: Acknowledges he engraved plates for counterfeiting the paper Bills of Credit,

1304

Examination of Isaac Youngs,

1305

15,

Examination of Israel Youngs taken by Alderman Waddell,

1306

Henry Dawkins further examined at his request,

1307

18,

Quorum of the Congress present,

1309

Brigadier-General Nathaniel Woodhull, of Suffolk County, chosen President,

1310

John McKesson and Robert Benson elected Secretaries,

1310

Credentials of the Members from the several Counties,

1310

Number of votes of the several Counties on any division,

1312

Rules for the Congress adopted,

1312

Committee for auditing Accounts,

1313

Secret Committee to confer and advise with the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental forces,

1313

Charles Friend, who gave information of the counterfeiters, rewarded and discharged,

1314

Letter from James Duane, the Chairman of the Continental Treasury Office dated Philadelphia, May 7th, enclosing Reselutions requesting a Census of the Inhabitants of the Colony,

1314

Letter from James Duane, requesting an account of the expenditure of Continental moneys,

1315

Letter from James Duane, dated May 7th, requesting information as to the claim of Captain Heman Allen, of Colonel Warner’s Battalion,

1316

Letter from William Ellsworth, Chairman of the Committee of Kingston, in Ulster County, relative to Azor Betts and John Blackler,

1316

Letter from Colonel Cortlandt, dated Albany, May 15,

1316

Letter from Johannes Hardenburgh, giving information of the state of Companies of Continental Troops raised in Ulster County,

1316

Letter from Colonel Ritzema, requesting arms for his men,

1316

Letter from Garret Abeel, respecting the houses lately occupied by the troops,

1317

Letter from General Washington, dated May 17: Posts of the several Regiments of Militia of New-York, Long-Island, and Staten-Island, should be arranged in conjunction with the Continental Army,

1317

Letter from the Committee of Dutchess County, dated May 6,

1317

Letter from General Schuyler, dated Saratoga, May 13th, requesting they will not determine with respect to the election in Charlotte County till Mr. Duer’s arrival in New-York,

1318

19,

On the Report of Mr. Morris, from the Committee who conferred with General Washington, the President and Members of the Congress sworn to secrecy,

1318

Committee to inform General Washington the Congress have taken the oath of secrecy,

1319

Information laid before the Congress of the movements of disaffected persons, in Connecticut, at Hempstead, on Long-Island, and in King’s District,

1319

John Hendrickson, of Queen’s County, directed to attend the Congress,

1320

20,

Papers brought by the Committee from General Washington, yesterday, read and considered,

1320

Examination of John Hendrickson: The general part of the inhabitants of Hempstead and Rockaway are against the measures of the Colonies and in favour of the King,

1320

Examination of Martin Bebee, the messenger who brought the despatches from King’s District to General Washington,

1321

Committee to consider McDonald’s Report on the Lead Mines,

1322

21,

Members returned from Queen’s County ordered to attend the Congress and take their seats, or show the cause of their neglect,

1324

All the Deputies elected to represent Richmond County, ordered to take their seats on Friday next, or to report in writing the cause of their neglect,

1324