^Journal of the Convention, "Die Lunte, 8 ho., A.M., July 22, 1776 ;" the same, "Die Martis, 8 ho., A.M., July 23, 1776;" Hie Convention to tlus Deputation in the Continental Congress, "HAni.EM, 7 Augt., 1776 ;" etc.

^Journal of the Convention, "Friday afternoon, July 19, 1776;" the same, "DieSabbati, 4 ho., P.M., Augt. 24, 1776 ;" tlte same, "Saturday "morning, September 28, 1776 ;" etc.

Journal of the Convention, " Die Lunffi, 9 ho., A.M., July 22, 1776 ; " Joui-nal of the Committee of Safety, " At the house OF Mr. Odell, Philapse's Manor, Augt. 31, 1776 ; " etc.

1 Journal of the Convention, "Friday morning, July 16, 1776;" the same, "Die Lunre, 9 ho., A.M., July 22, 1776;" the same, "Die Mercurii, "SI ho., A.M.. July 31, 1776;" etc.

8 Journal of the Convention, " Saturday morning, September 28, 1776."

the Militiaandthe troops in the field ; 9 it passed on the qualifications of the Surgical Staff; 10 and it gave employment to Chaplains for the Army. 11 Bargains were made with favored Officers, when they entered the service, conditioned that they should serve nowhere else than in the City of New York; 12 and the settlement of disputes among Officers, concerning Bank, occupied much of its time and attention. 13 It exempted the Cavalry from the operations of a general Draft for men ; " and those who were employed in furnaces for smelting iron, in forges for making bar-iron, in steel-manufactories, in the anchor forge in Orangecounty, in saltworks, in paper-mills, and in powdermills, 15 as well as those in a flaxseed-mill, in Duchesscounty, 16 and in the workshops of a gunsmith, 17 were, also, exempted from every kind of military duty.