On the following day, [May 26, 1775,] the Continental Congress further " Resolved, That it be recom- " mended to the Congress aforesaid, to persevere the " more vigorously in preparing for their defence, as it " is very uncertain whether the earnest endeavours of "this Congress to accommodate the unhappy differences " between Great Britain and the Colonies, by concilia- " tory measures, will be successful ; " and, in addition, it"OEDEKED, That the above Resolves, respecting " New- York, be transmitted by the President in a let- " ter, to the Provincial Congress of New- York ; and " that it be particularly recommended to said Con- " gress, by the President, not to publish the foregoing " Resolves, but to keep them as secret as the nature of " the case requires." *

On the twenty-ninth of May, the Resolutions which had been thus adopted by the Continental Congress, were received by the Provincial Congress ; 3 and on the following day, on motion of John Morin

1 Journal of the Continental Congress, "Thursday, May 25, 1775."

2 Journal of the Continental Congress, " Friday, May 26, 1775."

3 Journal of the Provincial Congress, " Dies Lunse, 4 ho., P.M., May "29* 1775."

Scott, of the City of New-York, they were taken into consideration -- that portion of them which directed the fortifying of Kingsbridge, was referred to Captain Richard Montgomery, of Duchess-county, Henry Glenn and Robert Yates, of Albany-county, and Colonel James Van Cortlandt and Colonel James Holmes, of Westchester-county, with orders " to view " the ground at or near King's Bridge, and report to "this Congress whether the ground near King's " Bridge will admit of making a fortification there, " that will be tenable ; and at what particular place "the ground will admit of making the best and " most tenable fortification ; and that they call to " their assistance such persons as they shall think " necessary, and make report to this Congress, with all " convenient speed : " that portion of them which directed the erection of fortifications in the Highlands, on the Hudson-river, was referred to Colonel James Clinton and Christopher Tappan, both of Ulster-county, with orders to " take to their assistance " such persons as they shall think necessary ; to go to "the Highlands, and view the banks of Hudson's " river there ; and to report to this Congress the most " proper place for erecting one or more fortifications ; " and, likewise, an estimate of the expense that will " attend erecting the same." *