Mamacoting (New-York) Committee

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At a meeting of the Committee of the Precinct of Mamacoting, in Ulster County, agreeable to notice from the Chairman, on Thursday, the 17th August, 1775: The Committee taking into consideration the Provincial Congress' Resolve of the eighth of this instant, concerning the purchasing or hiring of Arms, have resolved that each and every member of this Committee do make particular inquiry in their respective Districts, and endeavour to purchase or hire all the Arms fit for immediate service, and that they do return the same to Mr˙ William Rose, on or before the twentieth of this instant, who is appointed to deliver them to Colonel Clinton or his order.

Resolved secondly, That Jacob R˙ De Witt is chosen Captain of the Peinpack Company, agreeable to the Resolve of the Provincial Congress on the ninth of this instant; Abr' m Cuddeback, First Lieutenant, Robert Cook, Second Lieutenant, and Samuel King, Ensign; and that they be returned to the Provincial Congress accordingly.

By order of the Committee:

JOHN YOUNG, Chairman.

To the Provincial Congress at New-York, to the care of Colonel James Clinton.