Letter to the Committee of Orange County

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New-York, November 23, 1775.

Deputies chosen to represent the Counties of New-York, Albany, Dutchess, Westchester, King' s, Suffolk, and Ulster, in Provincial Congress convened; but there not being a majority of the Counties represented, the gentlemen present requested Mr˙ Robert Benson, one of the Secretaries of the late Provincial Congress, to address a Letter to the Committee of Orange County, in the words following:

New-York, November 23, 1775.

GENTLEMEN: The Deputies chosen to represent the Counties of New-York, Albany, Dutchess, Westchester, King' s, Suffolk, and Ulster, in Provincial Congress, are met; but as they are not a majority of the Counties, cannot proceed to business. I am therefore directed by the members present to write you by express, requesting that a representation of your County may be sent down to the Congress without loss of time, that the measures necessary to be carried into execution may not be delayed or neglected.

I am, Gentlemen, yours, &c˙, R˙ BENSON.

To the Chairman and Members of the Committee of Orange County.

The Deputies present then adjourned until ten o' clock, to-morrow morning.