There is no record of a formal adjournment ; and it looks very much as if the end of this Congress was like its beginning, without arquorum.

The Committee of Safety to General Schuyler, " In Committee of "Safety, New York, 17th Jany., 1776," and General Schuyler's reply, " Albany, January 26, 1776 ;" Journal of the Committee of Safety, " 4 ho., "P.M., Feb. 10, 1776 ;" etc.

10 The action of the Continental Congress of 1774, concerning the Commerce of the Colonies, may be Been in the Association which it " recom- " mended."

"We beg leave to hint, that in the present declension of Trade, the " seamen of this Port ought to he employed upon thiB article of service " [baUeattx-men, for the NorOiern Army,] "as well as that of building "batteaux," {Committee of Safety to General Schuyler, "In Committee of "Safety, New-York, 17th Jany., 1776.")

11 " We would beg leave to mention it as necessary to employ as many " of the Carpenters of this City, as possible " [in the construction of batteaux, for the Northern Army] " to prevent theln and their families "from starving by means of the staguation of business, which is more "severely felt in this City than in any other part of the Province," (The Committee of Safety to General Schuyler, "In Committee of "Safety, New-York, 17th Jany., 1776.")

" I c m easily conceive that it is very difficult, at New-York, for arti- " fleers to procure a subsistence for their families-- the like difficulty "prevails here," (General Schuyler to die Committee of Safety, "Albany "January 26, 1776.")