On Friday) the twenty-sixth of May, the Provincial Gongress adopted, unanimously, a Resolution, offered by Gilbert Livingston of Duchesscounty and seconded by John De Lancey of New York City, providing for the appointment of a Committee of one from each County, "to draw "up and report a proper Resolve of this Con- "gress, recommending to the different Counties "in this Colony, to form themselves into County " Committees, and also into Sub-committees for their " respective Townships and Districts, and recommend- "ing the signing of the General Association ; and also " to prepare and report to this Congress a draft of a " letter to be sent to the Committees and other per- " sons in the several Counties, for the above purposes, " and with copies of such Resolution." In that Committee of one from each County, Major Philip Van Cortlandt represented Westchester-county ; z and, on the following day, [May 27, 1775] it made a Report, in due form. 3

The Resolution which was thus reported, was in these words : " Resolved : That it be recommended, " and it is hereby accordingly recommended, to all the " Counties in this Colony, (who have not already done " it,) to appoint County Committees, and also Subcommittees for their respective Townships, Pre- " cincts, and Districts, without delay, in order to carry "into execution the Resolutions of the Continental " and this Provincial Congress.

" And that it is also recommended to every Inhabitant " of this Colony, who has hitherto neglected to sub- " scribe the General Association, to do it with all convenient speed. And for these purposes that the "Committees in the respective Counties in which " Committees have been formed, do tender the said " Association to every Inhabitant within the several " Districts in each County.