Committee of Correspondence for Bergen County

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Bergen County, New-Jersey, Committee Chamber,

May12, 1775.

Resolved, That John Fell, Esquire, Theunis Dey, Esquire, Thomas Brown, Esquire, Peter Zabriskie, Esq˙, John Demarest, Esquire, Mr˙ Samuel Berry, Mr˙ Cornelius Van Vorst, Mr˙ Isaac Noble, Mr˙ Aarent J˙ Schuyler, Mr˙ Jacob Terhune, Doctor Abraham Van Boskirk, John Van Boskirk, Esquire, Mr˙ Gabriel Ogden, Mr˙ Jost Zabriskie, and Mr˙ Gabriel Van Orden, be a Standing Committee of Correspondence for this County, and that any five of them, of which the President or Vice President to be one, have power to act.

Ordered, That a copy of the above Resolve be printed in the New-York Newspapers.

By order of the Committee:

JOHN FELL, Chairman.

At a meeting of the Committee of Correspondence for Bergen County, New-Jersey, May 12, 1775:

Present: John Fell, Theunis Dey, Thomas Brown, John Demarest, Esquires, Messrs˙ Cornelius Van Vorst, Isaac Noble, Jacob Terhune, Doctor Abraham Van Boskirk, John Van Boskirk, Esquire, Messrs. Gabriel Ogden, Jost Zabriskie, and Gabriel Van Orden:

John Demarest, Esquire, chosen President; Mr˙ Gabriel Van Orden, chosen Vice-President.

Ordered, That a copy of the above proceedings be published in the New-York Newspapers.

By order of the Committee of Correspondence:

JOHN DEMAREST, President.