"That the treasurer and secretary of this Congress be and they hereby are directed forthwith to repair, witli all aud singular, the public papers and money, now in their custody or possession, unto the Mliite Plains, in the county of Westchester, and that this Congress be, and it hereby is, adjourned unto the Caurt House in the White F,lains aforesaid, there to meet on Tuesday, the 2d of July next, and proceed upon business ; and that the next Congress of this county do meet at the same place on Monday, the Sth day of July aforesaid, unless otherwise ordered by the Congress."

It was carried in the affirmative; for the question, 20, against ditto, 5.

And it was further ordered '-that all the lead, powder and other militarystores belonging to this State, be forthwith removed to the White Plains."''

The journey between New York and the Plains was performed by the members on horseback, Pierre van Cortlandt, the president, riding at their head. As expresses overtook thcni from General Washington, the house was called to order on horseback, ?nd several resolutions passed.

"It was at White Plains, on the 9th day of July, the Pro\-incial Congress received the Declaration of Independence ; there it was read, in front of tlie Court House,* and there they solemnly in convention proma Ibkl. 4Io.

6 Arneriraa ArchiTcs, fourth series, vol. iL, 529.

c Extract from address of J. W. Tompkins, Esq., ISi.j.

d Journal of X. V. rrovlncial Congrcas, vol. i, 5! 2.