" See the general Cin-nlar Letter of the Congress, on this page, ante.

The same declamtioii, more distinctly nttereil, may !«• s<H-n in the l^-Uer of thr l*ruvi»ri'il Cnwjrriw t<> ChriMn^thrr Ynh-ii mnt Mtijnr Yf lli^ Foiw/'i, of Trifm-vmnlii ; in thnt fr*>m thf mint*' In O'lnm l Jtitii*'M Iti^jt-r^, nl Kvnt, ill Citmherhintl-raunty ; and ill thnt fmm l/w lutrnf to ./(i#-o/i lUiUr y find Colonel /V/en», »i/ tSloiicfnttrr-cimnltf -- all of them dateil "In Phovin- "ci.\L CosiiiFjw, Nrw York, the :i1b1 May, 177.>."

^JotiriMl tij thv I'ruL-iiKial C'tfiij/rtriui, " 5 ho., P.M., 3lay ^.'i*"'," juiges 93, ante.

HISTORY, OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

of that Currency by the Continental Congress, with ^i{^ecif^e(l provisions for the payment of it, was recommended ■ -- the original i)roposition for the emission of ihose immense amounts of " Continental-bills," which, suljsequently and with the help of friendly legislation in the Continental Congress, afforded so favorable an ojjportunity for repudiation by the United States, " the faith of the Nation " to the contrary notwithstanding.

The Kei)ort of the Committee was " fully debated " and considered," by the Provincial Congress, and, by an unanimous vote, it was adopted, with an order transmitting a copy of it to the Delegates of the Colony, in the Continental Coiigrcss.-

A circumstance occurred, within the rrovinciul Congress, early in its Session, which rcciiiires particular notice in this place.

One week after that body had been oi iginally organized, [jl/'f// -50, 1775] Benjamin Kissam, of the City of New York, " moved in tiie words following, " to wit : ' Forasmuch as a reconciliation between " Great Britain and these Colonies, on constitutional " principles, is essential to the well-being of both " countries, and will prevent the horrors of a Civil " War, in which this Continent is now about to be " involved, it is, therefore, the indispensable duty " of this Congress, to communicate to the Delegates " of this Colony, in Continental Congress, their sen- " timeuts respecting the terms of such reconciliation; " I, therefore, move that a Committee be appointed