Trumbull of Connt. - New York 12th Decr. 1775." "Sir . . . . a body of troops from the Colony lately made a public entry into this City at noonday, & seized & carried off the types belonging to one of the public prin: ters, without any authority from the Continental, or this Congress, or their committee. - While we consider this conduct as an insult offered to this Colony, we are disposed to attribute it to an imprudent, tho' well intended zeal for the publ cause, & cannot en: tertain the most distant thought that the Colony will approve of the measure……… …We cannot but consider such intrusions as an invasion of our essential rights as a distinct Colony; & common justice obliges us to request that you would give orders that all the types be returned to Chairman of the Genl.
Committee of the C. & C. of New York. We beg you will not consider this requisition as an attempt to justify the man for whom the types w. taken. We are fully sensible of this demer its &… The same body of troops seized the Major of the Borough of West Chester, * the Rector of that Parish, & one of the Justices of the County, & carried them to your Colony. Mr. Seabury we are informed is still detained. &c. &c. pp. 213.14 / "The Provincial Congress to the New York Delegates at the Contl. Congress "New York, Dec. 20, 1775" "We beg leave to suggest to you that the report of the Committee respecting the *expedi: :eney* of erecting a fortification on the eminence of *Puplope's* Kill, demands the most serious attention. &c. p.227.