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1776.
 
 
June 14,
Philip Livingston directed to delay his return to the Continental Congress, until further order,
1403
Publick Records of the Colony to be forthwith removed to Kingston, in Ulster County,
1403
Committee to take charge of the Records and provide for their safety and security,
1403
Petition of Dr. Azor Betts, to be discharged from prison,
1404
John W. Livingston declares his willingness to comply with the Resolve of Congress, and begs to be discharged from prison,
1404
Examination of Abraham Livingston,
1404
Letter to the Committee of New-Windsor,
1405
15,
Military Officers declared ineligible to a seat in the Provincial Congress,
1406
Micha Lynch and Thomas Hickey committed to prison,
1406
Letter to General Washington, enclosing Affidavits relating to Lynch and Hickey,
1406
Letter to General Greene: They cannot permit cannon to be purchased in the Colony,
1407
List of Firemen in the City of New-York,
1408
Letter to General Washington, on procuring a supply of live stock for the use of the Army,
1409
17,
Complaint by Mr. Jay of the handbill published by General Scott,
1410
Isaac Ketcham requests to be heard before the Congress,
1410
Officer commanding the Guard directed to bring him before the Congress with all convenient speed,
1410
His examination,
1411
Committee to consider the publication of General Scott,
1411
Secret Committee appointed to confer with General Washington,
1412
Motion by Colonel Remsen, that the quota of Militia to be raised by New-York be lessened,
1412
Letter from President Hancock, enclosing Resolutions of the Continental Congress of the 14th instant,
1412
18,
Committee to prepare a Resolution for removing all doubt as to the true construction of the Association,
1414
Committee to inquire whether bounties are necessary for encouraging the manufacturing of Salt, Saltpetre, Gunpowder, Gun-Locks, and Gun-Barrels,
1414
Committee to provide places of safety for the poor inhabitants of the City in case of invasion,
1414
Publick dinner to General Washington and his suite,
1415
19,
Representation by Mr. Benson, of the Proceedings of the Committee of Dutchess County, with respect to disaffected persons,
1415
Memorial of Marinus Willett and others, requesting some encouragement in the manufacturing of Salt,
1416
Petition of Azor Betts, imprisoned for inoculating for the small-pox, praying to be discharged,
1417
20,
Report on the dangerous and disaffected persons in the Counties of Dutchess and West-chester,
1418
Secret Committee appointed on the 17th instant, authorized to arrest and secure certain persons,
1419
Resolutions for removing doubts which have arisen respecting the true construction of the Association,
1420
21,
Letter from Robert H. Harrison respecting a suspected dangerous man, named Samuel Witten,
1421
Committee on the Letter of the 18th instant, from President Hancock,
1422
Committee of King’s County directed to take effectual measures to prevent the disaffected in the County from communicating with the enemy,
1423
22,
One hundred and fifty men to be raised in Dutchess and Westchester Counties, to protect the inhabitants against dangerous and disaffected persons,
1424
Offer of the Militia of the Colony to the Commander-in-Chief, whenever he may think it necessary,
1426
1776.
June 22,
Commander-in-Chief authorized to impress carriages and water-craft, when necessary for publick service,
1426
24,
General Washington requested to disarm and secure the persons disaffected and inimical to the American cause, on Long-Island,
1427
Resolutions to provide clothing for the Troops raised and to be raised,
1428
25,
Application of Colonel Ritzema for pay for his Regiment, his men being mutinous and uneasy for want of it,
1429
26,
Committee on the Resolutions of the Continental Congress of the 24th instant, for punishing Traitors,
1431
Philip Livingston permitted to return to the Continental Congress on the 30th instant,
1431
Committee of Albany requested to make a report of their proceedings against Abraham Cuyler, and others, sent prisoners to Hartford, in Connecticut,
1432
Committee of Dutchess County requested to send under guard to the Congress the Captains in that County who have refused to permit drafts,
1432
27,
Augustus Van Horn, Vincent Pierce Ashfield, and Thomas W. Moore, signed the Assotion and were discharged,
1433
John L. C. Roome, declaring it was against his conscience to sign, was recommitted,
1434
John Alner, arrested on suspicion of having been on board the enemy’s ship at Sandy-Hook, examined and committed to the guard,
1434
28,
Examinations and Depositions of sundry persons taken by the Secret Committee, laid before the Congress by Mr. Jay,
1435
Letter from General Washington, enclosing the Resolution of the Council of General Officers on the removal of the cattle from Nassau and Staten-Islands,
1436
Committee to confer with General Washington on the subject,
1436
Letters read, giving information of General Howe’s sailing with the fleet from Halifax for New-York,
1436
Letter to the Committees of Huntington and Southold relative to deserters from the Provincial armed sloop Montgomery,
1437
29,
Letter from President Hancock, enclosing Resolutions of the Continental Congress of the 26th instant,
1438
Report of Committee on removal of Cattle from Long-Island and Staten-Island,
1439
Letter to the Committee of Elizabethtown,
1440
Lead of the windows and leaden weights in the City to be collected for the use of the Colony,
1440
30,
Powder belonging to this Colony in Rhode-Island to be sent for and distributed among the several Counties,
1441
Letter to Governour Cooke, requesting the powder may be delivered to Colonel Joseph Marsh,
1441
Papers of the Secret Committee, delivered, sealed up, to the Secretary of the Congress by Mr. Morris,
1442
Disaffected persons taken at Hempstead, in Queen’s County, delivered to the Committee on the Continental Prisoners,
1442
Colonel Hay directed to apprehend the most refractory of the disaffected of the Militia, in Haverstraw Precinct, in Orange County,
1442
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army authorized, whenever he shall judge it necessary for the defence of the Colony, to call out what proportion of the Militia he may think proper,
1442
Committees of the several Towns requested to arrest all dangerous and disaffected persons,
1443
Treasurer and Secretaries of the Congress directed, forthwith, to repair, with all the publick papers and money in their custody or possession, to White Plains, in the County of Westchester,
1443
The Congress adjourned to meet at the CourtHouse, in White Plains, on Tuesday, the 2d day of July next,
1443

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