Warner was directed by the general, to send forward his men, as he should enlist them, to Tyconderoga ; notwithstanding which, it appeared, by a return from thence, not long since, that only twenty four privates had reached that post ; nor is there the least prospect of his raising a number of men which can be an object of:

public concern--though instead of confining himself to the Green Mountain, as we understand was the intention of the

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honourable Congress, he has had the advantages of recruiting in Albany and other places.

The convention beg to know what pay the honourable Congress have allowed for the officers and privates of the troops of horse, who were employed in the last campaign, in the service of the United States.--I have the honour to be, with great respect, Sir, your most obedient Servant,

(By order,) A. Tew Brorcx, P. Hon. Joun Hancock, Esq. President, &c.

BRIEF CONSIDERATIONS ON THE SUBJECT OF

THE INDEPENDENCE OF VERMONT.

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1st Would it not be proper that Congress should first determine the Jurisdiction as the people of those Counties are willing to submit it to them.

24 Would not the taking of the Quitrent unask'd appear as if we were purchasing Those people to a compliance, and would therefore take away the merit of such an action and seem as if we doubted our Jurisdiction over those Counties.

34 As the legislative body of the State will soon be formed will it not be more proper to submit it to their decision, than a Committee of Safety, a small part of a body chosen by the people for the sole purposes of framing a Government a body who hitherto has regulated no more 'of the Internal policy of the State, than there was an absolute and Immediate necessity for.