Memorial of the Committee of Hunterdon County, respecting certain disaffected persons in that County

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Ordered, That Cornelius Blanchard be Brigade-Major for the Eastern Division of New-Jersey, and be commissioned accordingly.

Ordered, That the Commissioners immediately purchase one or more Ammunition-Wagons for the use of each of the Artillery Companies of this Colony.

Adjourned to three o' clock, afternoon.

Met according to adjournment.

Memorial from the County Committee of Hunterdon, respecting certain disaffected persons in that County; read, and referred to the Committee for considering the Memorial of Colonel David Brearley, &c.

Henry Hand. Esq˙, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Battalion of Cape-May, having resigned his commission,

Ordered, That his resignation be accepted.

Eli Eldridge, Esq˙, First Major of the same Battalion, having resigned his commission,

Ordered, That his resignation be accepted.

Thomas Leaming, Esq˙, Adjutant of the same Battalion, having resigned his commission,

Ordered, That his resignation be accepted.

Pursuant to a Certificate of Election,

Ordered, That the following persons be commissioned as Officers in a Company of Light Infantry, in the Township of Middletown, County of Monmouth, to wit: John Burrowes, Jun˙, Captain, Jonathan Forman First Lieutenant, James Whitlock Second Lieutenant, Samuel Carhart Third Lieutenant.

The Petition from sundry Inhabitants of Hunterdon County, praying the election of John Allen, Esq˙, for certain reasons, to be vacated, &c˙ read a second time.

On the question, whether the prayer of the said Petition be granted? It passed in the negative.

James Mott, Second Major of the Second Battalion of foot Militia, in Monmouth County, having resigned his commission,

Ordered, That his resignation be accepted.

Adjourned till to-morrow morning, eight o' clock.