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At a meeting of the several Committees of Correspondence from the different Towns in the County of Suffolk, at the County Hall, the 5th of May, 1775:
WILLIAM SMITH, Chairman.
The letter from the Chairman of the Committee of Correspondence of New-York, recommending to this County to choose Deputies to meet Deputies from all the Counties in this Province in General Congress, in the City of New-York, On Monday, 22d of May instant, being read,
Voted, nem˙ con˙, That Colonel Nathaniel Woodhull, John Sloss Hobart, Thomas Tredwell, John Foster, Ezra L' Hommedieu, Thomas Wickham, and James Havens, or any three of them, be Deputies for this County, who are hereby fully empowered to meet the Deputies from the other Counties in this Province, in Provincial Congress, in
Signed by order of the Committee:
WM˙ SMITH Chairman.
Meeting of Committees of Suffolk County, New-York
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New-York or elsewhere, on the 22d day of this instant, to deliberate upon, and, from time to time, to direct such measures as shall be expedient for our common safety, and the preservation of our rights and privileges; the said Deputies to act for one year, unless peace and harmony between the Colonies and Great Britain be sooner restored, or other persons chosen in their stead.