That, although " we would, by no means, presume to dictate to the " General Continental Ccmgress, yet it is highly nec- " essary that this House be pre|)ared to give our sen- " timents to our Delegates, in the said Congress,upon " such plan of accommodation." With the a])- j)ointinent of John Morin Scott, Isaac Low, Alexander McDougal, Benjamin Kissam, and Thomas Smitii, of the City of New York ; John Sloss Hobart, Colonel Nathaniel Woodhull, and Thomas Tredwell, of Suffolk ; Robert Yates and Peter Silvester, of the City and County of Albany ; Gouverneur Morris, of

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^Joiirmil nj the I'lvriiuinl Oiiiijros, "Die Jovis, 'J lio., .June 1, 177o. '

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1774-1783.

Westchester-county ; Ephraim Paine, of Duchesscounty ; John Williams, of Queens-county ; and Paul Micheau, of Richmond-county -- six of whom, including Messrs. Scott. McDougal, Hobart, Woodhull, Paine, and Tredwell, were undoubtedly opposed to the entire movement -- for a Committee, with instructions to " make rejwrt with all convenient speed,'' the subject rested, temporarily.'

It was not until the twenty-second of June, that the Committee was ready to report to the Provincial Congress the result of its deliberations on the subject which had been referred to it. On that day, the Report was presented, and read, twice, when the following very significant Order thereon was made by the Congress :