New-York Congress to Continental Congress

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In Provincial Congress, New-York, October 13, 1775.

SIR: I am directed to request the favour of you to take the sense of the honourable Congress, and to give us their answer by return of the post or first other good conveyance, whether the inhabitants of this Colony ought to be prevented from exporting provisions or other articles to any places whatsoever, except those intended for the General Association of the Congress.

I am, with the greatest respect, your most obedient servant. By order:

NATHANIEL WOODHULL, President.

To the Honourable John Hancock, Esq˙, President of the Continental Congress.