History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I

" Resolved, That a copy of the said Declaration " and the aforegoing Resolution be sent to the Chair- " man of the Committee of the County of Westches- " ter, with order to publish the same, with beat of " drum, at this place, on Thursday next," [^July 11, 1775] ; '■ and to give directions that it be published, " with all convenient speed, in the several Districts " within the said County ; and that copies thereof be " forthwith transmitted to the other County Com- " mittees within the State of New York, with orders to "cause the same to be published in the several " Districts of their respetive Counties.

" Resolved, That five hundred copies of the

Declaration of Independence, v/'ith the two last men- " tioned Resolutions of this Congress for approving " and proclaiming the same, bc published in hand- " bills and sent to all the County Committees in this " State.

1 Joseph Reed, Acfjutanl-general (by the General's order) to the Provincial Congress, " Head-quarters, New-York, July 5th, T776."

2 Jonrnal nf the Provinmtl Cnngrets, " Tuesday, 9th July, 177G."

3 In view of the fact that the body of which that Committee was a part and b) whom it had been aiipoihted and to wtiom it was to report, was, specifically, "a Provincial Congress for the Province of New " York ; " and because, at that time, there had betin no change in the status of the Deputations composing the Congre^^s, wlio represented nothing else than certain specified Counties, each Deimlation representing only a single County ; and because, at that time, the Colony of New Y'ork, could not be possibly reganled as a "State," the caption of that Kei;ort displayed nothing of historical or legal precision, notliing of accuracy of statement, and nothing of good taste.