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New-York, November 30, 1775.
MY LORD: I am honoured with yours of this day. The Provincial Congress was to have met some days ago. The members from several counties are here attending, and it is expected they will be sufficiently numerous to-morrow, or on Monday, at farthest, to proceed to business. Who will be elected to preside is uncertain; but as Nathaniel Woodhull, Esq˙, was the last who presided, in the absence of Mr˙ Livingston, the correspondence you mention will most properly be directed to him for the present. Colonel Woodhull lodges so near to me that, if your letters are sent to me, I will see that they are delivered immediately.
There is not any Committee of Safety here at present.
I have the honour to be, with great respect, my Lord, your Lordship' s most obedient, humble servant,
JOHN MCKESSON,
Lord Stirling.
Letter from John McKesson to Lord Stirling: At present there is neither Provincial Congress nor Committee of Safety in session
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The members elected for a Provincial Congress, and myself, receive and open all correspondence on publick affairs, or from the Continental Congress.