Robert Murray and Ichabod B. Barnet

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A Permit was given to Robert Murray and Ichabod B˙ Barnet, after being sworn, in the words following:

Ordered, That Robert Murray and Ichabod B˙ Barnet be, and they are hereby, permitted to go on board his Majesty' s Ship Phenix and Governour Tryon' s Ship, in company with the Port-Master, and he return; they having been sworn that they will give no intelligence relative to the Fortifications erecting for the defence of this Colony.

Ordered, That the General Committee of the City of New-York assist Mr˙ Garret Roorback, the Barrackmaster, to provide Quarters, without delay, for the following Troops, expected soon to arrive in this City, to wit: For six Companies of Pennsylvania Regulars; for eight Companies of Jersey Regulars; for one thousand Jersey Militia; and for at least three hundred Militia from different Counties in this Colony; and that the Troops of the respective corps be placed as near each other as possible.