Nomination of Members of Assembly in New-York

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New-York, January 17, 1776.

At a meeting of a number of freemen and freeholders of the City and County of New-York, at the house of Mrs˙ Vanderwater, on Wednesday, January 17, 1776, for the purpose of nominating persons to represent them in the next General Assembly, it was agreed, by a majority of said company, that Philip Livingston, John Alsop, John Jay, and Alexander McDougall, be, and are, recommended to the publick as sufficient men for that purpose; and, in order to avoid any division among the electors, they are desired to aid and assist in the above choice.