Colonel Philip Schuyler, of Albany-county ; George Clinton, of Ulster-county ; Colonel Lewis Morris, of Westchester-county ; Robert R. Livingston, Junior, of Duchess county ; and Francis Lewis, of the City of New York ; as Delegates from the Colony of New York to the second Congress of the Continent ; and, on Saturday, the twenty-second of April, after the Credentials of the Delegates-elect had been signed by every member of the Convention,' that body having been called for the single purpose of electing Delegates to the Congress, it was adjourned, sine die?

The movement of the Royal troops from Boston to Concord ; the reckless slaughter of unresisting Colonists who had a.ssembled on the Green, at Lexington,

I Among the very paltrj- Cn ilrnlialu which were generally presented by those who aspired to seats in that Convention, those which were presented by Robert R. Livingston, Junior, Egbert Benson, and Morris Graham -- the latter a kinsman of the Morrises of Morrisania -- were decidedly the shabbiest. Throngh tliem, however, a Livingston and a Benson crept into place and authority.

-The peculiar words with which those ('mhnluil^ closed, very clearly indicate the ix)litical status of the Colony, at the date of that Convention. They were these . . . " were unanimously elected Delegates to represent "this Colony at such Congress, with f\ill power to them or any five of ** them, to meet the Delegates from the other Colonies and to concert " and determine upon such measures as shall be judged most effectual "for the preservation and re establishnieut of .American Kights and " Privileges, and for the restoration of harmony between (ireat Britain "and the Colonies."-- (Joii™«I «/ </i« Cuitniilitni, "Die Sabatti, 11 hora "a. m. April, 22nd, 1775.")