may probably be wanted for the operations which may be deemed necessary to support the authority of the State; and that it is not unlikely I shall not only be prevented from filling up the continental Battalions by the drafts from the Militia already made but that by the Attention to the civil and military duties I owe particularly to the State in this critical Conjuncture I may not be able to carry into Execution the measures I suggested to your Excellency, and which you thought proper to approve. of, for favoring the operations on the western frontiers: 'However as I am particularly anxious for the success of the Enterprize in that quarter it is my determination, to abide by my former Intentions, unless restrained by superior Considerations, and to continue to give your Excellency every aid in my Power, under the present Circumstances of the State, for opposing the common Enemy. Tam &c. &e. &e. His Excellency Gen! Washington. Gro: CiinTon.

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RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS ON THE PRECEDING.

In Coneress June 16th 1779.

The Committee to whom was referred the Letter of 7 June from Governor Clinton brought in a Report whereupon Resolved unanimously that the Officers acting under the State of New York, who were lately restrained of their liberty by certain Per- - gons of a District called the New Hampshire Grants a to be immediately liberated.

Resolved unanimously that the Committee appointed to repair

to the Inhabitants of a certain District known by the Name of --