Those which have been brought upon them by their spirited exertions in the Common Cause & the operations of a powerful & enraged enemy, they have I trust submitted to with a becoming firmness. In what light they will consider the attacks made upon them in the Hour of their Distress by those who ought to be their friends and supporters will be best judged of by , considering the unconquerable spirit they have shown in resisting the IJncroachments and usurpation of the British Government.

As the.critical situation in which the Resolutions of Congress have placed the executive authority of this State will constrain

"me to quit the field in order to convene the Legislature you will. be. pleased 'to direct your next letter for me at my house at Pokeepsie. Iam &c. &c. &e.

Gro. CxLinton. His Excellency John Jay Esq. President of Congress.

974, CONTROVERSY RESPECTING THE

GOV. CLINTON TO THE N. Y. DELEGATION IN CONGRESS.

Camp in the Highlands 7'h June 1779. Gentlemen.

I received your letter respecting the Resolutions of Congress relative to the pretended State of Vermont at this Place where I have collected'a large: body of the Militia 'of the State in order to-strengthen the Continental Army and to oppose the Designs of the Common Enemy--my public letter to Congress of this date is expressive of my sentiments on those Resolutions & I am confirmed in them by the. concurring opinion of several members of the Legislature & of the principal officers of Government who are now with me in the field. J Jament extremely that at-a crisis so alarming not only to the safety of the State but to the general weal I should be under the necessity of withdrawing from the immediate command of the militia at this Place & of convening the Legislature in order to lay before them the Resolutions of Congress.