Letter from General Washington: He has been called to Philadelphia by the Continental Congress, and General Putnam will have the command in his absence,

1324

Report made by the Committee appointed to consider the ways and means to prevent the dangers to which the Colony is exposed by its intestine enemies,

1324

Report considered and amended,

1325

22,

Letter from Dr. John Hill, Albany, May 12,

1325

Committee to consider the charge against Joseph Blanchard, a prisoner on parole,

1326

Fair copy of the Report made yesterday, brought in by the Secretaries and further considered,

1326

Papers relating to the subject, received from General Putnam,

1327

Clause for taking hostages of the inhabitants of certain parts of Queen’s County struck out,

1327

Letter to the several County Committees, requesting them to take the number of inhabitants in the respective Counties,

1328

Committee to examine Captain Asa Douglas,

1329

Report of his examination,

1329

23,

General Putnam attended the Congress to request supplies for General Schuyler,

1330

24,

General Putnam complains of Dr. Betts,

1330

Letter from Colonel Ritzema, on the bad state of the arms in the Army,

1331

Report of the Committee on the danger to which the Colony is exposed from intestine enemies, read and approved,

1331

Resolutions of the Continental Congress, of May 15, on the subject of adopting a form of Government,

1332

Mr. Morris’s Motion,

1332

Mr. Scott’s opinion,

1332

Mr. Sands’s Motion amending Mr. Morris’s,

1332

Committee to consider the Resolutions of the 15th of May,

1333

25,

Committee of Ulster County requested to transmit a true statement of their proceedings relative to the election of Deputies,

1334

Dr. Azor Betts charged by the Committee for the City and County with having inoculated persons in the Army for the small-pox,

1334

Case of William Newton, charged with refusing Continental Paper Money,

1334

Andrew Gautier ordered to appear before the Congress to support his appeal from the General Committee of the City, on the charge of his refusing the Continental Paper currency,

1335

Committee to frame a Law of the Congress in pursuance of the spirit and intention of the Resolutions in the Report on intestine enemies,

1335

Committee to consider the state of the Militia of the Colony,

1335

Letter from the Committee of Kingston, with the examinations of James and Lemuel Monger, charging them with counterfeiting the Bills of Credit,

1335

Petition of Israel Youngs and Isaac Youngs,

1335

26,

Captain Hamilton’s Artillery Company allowed the same pay as the Continental Artillery,

1336

27,

Standing Committee to take examinations and try persons in custody by the Congress or Committee of Safety,

1337

General Putnam’s Letter relating to Amos Bull and other Prisoners, referred to the General Committee for the City,

1337

Committee to sound the depth of the water between Red Hook and Bedlow’s Island,

1337

Report on the Resolutions of the Continental Congress, of May 15, read and adopted,

1338

Committee to frame the Report into Resolutions to be published,

1338

Committee to consider the several Reports upon Lead Mines,

1339

Information from the City Committee, that they have sent Mrs. Beck to Jail for sending provisions on board the ships of war,

1339

28,

Colonel Fleming attended the Congress with the thanks of General Putnam for their commitment of Doctor Azor Betts, and requests permission to publish their order on that subject,

1341

Report of the Committee appointed to frame a law to prevent the dangers to which the Colony is exposed by its internal enemies,

1341

Prisoners charged with counterfeiting to be put in irons, and no person to have access to them without the authority of the Congress,

1343

Examination of John Moore, Jr., on the charge against him by the Committee of Newtown,

1343

Letter to the Committee of Newtown, Case of Captain Thomas Harriott submitted by the City Committee,

1344

29,

Doors of the Congress opened for all persons to hear the appeal of Andrew Gautier, Jun., from the judgment of the City Committee, that he be held up publickly for having refused the Continental money,

1345

Committee to inquire into the grounds of the reports that persons under various pretences sell Tea at more than six shillings per pound,

1346

Committee to confer with General Putnam on the information that the British ships of war at Sandy Hook receive supplies from Long-Island,

1346

Letter to William Smith, of Suffolk County, to inform that measures have been adopted to prevent all communication between the King’s ships and the inhabitants of the southern parts of Long-Island,

1346

Committee to prepare Resolutions imposing a penalty on persons who inoculate for the small-pox,

1347

John Moore permitted to return home on parole,

1347

Draft of the soundings between Red Hook and Bedlow’s Island reported,

1347

30,

Complaint of Samuel Louden against Christopher Duyckinck for taking and burning an edition of a Pamphlet entitled “The Deceiver Unmasked,”

1348

Two Battalions to be taken into the service and pay of the colony, for three months,

1348

Peter McLean Samuel Galsworthy, and Francis Delaroche, charged by the City Committee with uttering sentiments highly inimical and dangerous to the cause of America,

1349

31,

Letter to the Committee of Ulster County, on the contradictory Credentials presented by their Delegates,

1349

The Sentinel charged with shooting Hubbard Latham, to be tried by a Court-Martial; the Courts of Judicature being as yet held by authority derived from the Crown of Great Britain, are incompetent to a full and impartial trial,

1351

Elections of Deputies to a Convention for forming Government, ordered,

1351

June 1,

Jacob Brush examined,

1353

Order for the immediate arrest of Philip Youngs,

1354

Application from the City Committee, for an order on the circulation of Gold and Silver and Paper Money,

1354

Thomas Harriott permitted to go at large upon his parole,

1355

3,

Philip Youngs charged with counterfeiting the Bills of Credit, committed to prison,

1356

Report of the Committee on the dangerous consequences of the small-pox spreading in the Colony,

1357

Letter from General Putnam, with a complaint against Sergeant McFall, a prisoner, that he is a dangerous man,

1357

Letter from General Putnam with a list of the Tory prisoners committed to hard labour at Forts Montgomery and Constitution,

1358

Answer to General Putnam’s two Letters,

1358

Report on obstructing the navigation of Hudson’s River, referred to General Washington,

1359

Committee to attend Lord Stirling to sound the Harbour,

1359

Committee on a Letter from Augustus Van Horne and others, confined in Jail by order of the City Committee,

1359

4,

Committee to examine Mrs. Hatch for the discovery of a correspondence with the ships of war,

1360

Order for the arrest of Townshend Hulet, charged with counterfeiting the Bills of Credit of the United Colonies,

1360