Provincial Convention of New-York

Members Present

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Die Sabbati, 11 hora, A˙M˙, April 22, 1775.

The Convention assembled at the Exchange, in New-York, pursuant to adjournment, Present:

CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK. — Philip Livingston, Esquire, President, John Alsop, Esquire, Leonard Lispenard, Esquire, Francis Lewis, Esquire, Messrs˙ Abraham Walton, Isaac Roosevelt, Alexander McDougall, Abraham Brasher, and James Duane, Esquire.

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CITY AND COUNTY OF ALBANY. — Colonel Philip Schuyler, Colonel Abraham Ten Broeck, Abraham Yates, Jun˙, Esquire, and Walter Livingston, Esquire.

ULSTER COUNTY. — Charles De Witt, George Clinton, and Levy Pawling, Esquires.

ORANGE COUNTY. — Colonel A˙ Hawkes Hay, Henry Wisner, Esquire, John Herring, Esquire, Messrs˙ Peter Clowes, and Israel Seely.

DUTCHESS COUNTY. — Robert R˙ Livingston, Jun˙, Esquire, Colonel Morris Graham,, and Egbert Benson, Esquire.

WESTCHESTER COUNTY. — Colonel Lewis Morris, John Thomas, Jun˙, Esquire, Robert Graham, Esquire, Major Philip Van Cortlandt, Samuel Drake, Esquire, and Mr˙ Stephen Ward.

KING' S COUNTY. — Simon Boerum, Esquire, and John Vanderbilt.,

SUFFOLK COUNTY. — Colonel William Floyd, Colonel Nathaniel Woodhull, Colonel Phineas Fanning, John Sloss Hobart, Esquire, and Thomas Tredwell, Esquire.

NEWTOWN, OYSTER BAY, FLUSHING, AND JAMAICA, IN QUEEN' S COUNTY. — Colonel Joseph Blackwell, ZebuIon Williams, Esquire, Messrs˙ John Talman, and Joseph Robinson.

Credentials

A Draft of Credentials for the Delegates of this Colony, elected and appointed to attend at the next Continental Congress at Philadelphia, being read and approved, was agreed to, and is in the words following, to wit:

At a Provincial Convention, formed of Deputies from the City and County of New-York, the City and County of Albany, and the Counties of Dutchess, Ulster, Orange, Westchester, King' s, and Suffolk, held at the City of New-York the twenty-second day of April, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, for the purpose of appointing Delegates to represent the Colony of New-York in the next Continental Congress, to be held at the City of Philadelphia on the tenth day of May next, Philip Livingston, Esquire, James Duane, John Alsop, John Jay, Simon Boerum, William Floyd, Henry Wisner, Philip Schuyler, George Clinton, Lewis Morris, Francis Lewis, and Robert R˙ Livingston, Jun˙, Esquires, were unanimously elected Delegates to represent this Colony at such Congress, with full power to them, or any five of them, to meet the Delegates from the other Colonies, and to concert and determine upon such measures as shall be judged most effectual for the preservation and re-establishment of American rights and privileges, and for the restoration of harmony between Great Britain and the Colonies.

Ordered, That the same be subscribed by the Members of this Convention, and that fair copies be made of the Resolutions of this Convention appointing the Delegates, as also a list of the Deputies who attended thereat, and that the same be signed by the President, and published in the New-York Newspapers.

Ordered, That the thanks of this Convention be given to the Secretary for his services on this occasion; which was accordingly done.

PHILIP LIVINGSTON,
JOHN ALSOP,
JAMES DUANE,
FRANCIS LEWIS,
ABRAHAM WALTON,
ISAAC ROOSEVELT,
ALEX˙ MCDOUGALL,
ABRAHAM BRASHER,
LEONARD LISPENARD,
PHILIP SCHUYLER,
ABM˙ TEN BROECK,
ABM˙ YATES, JUN˙,
WALTER LIVINGSTON,
CHARLES DE WITT,
GEORGE CLINTON,
LEVY PAWLING,
A˙ HAWKES HAY,
HENRY WISNER,
PETER CLOWES,
ISRAEL SEELY,
JOHN HERRING,
LEWIS MORRIS,
JOHN THOMAS, JUN˙,
ROBERT GRAHAM,
P˙ VAN CORTLANDT
SAMUEL DRAKE,
STEVEN WARD,
MORRIS GRAHAM,
R˙R˙ LIVINGSTON, JR˙,
EGBERT BENSON,
SIMON BOERUM,
JOHN VANDERBILT,
WILLIAM FLOYD,
NATHANIEL WOODHULL,
PHINEAS FANNING,
JOHN SLOSS HOBART,
THOMAS TREDWELL,
ZEBULON WILLIAMS,
JACOB BLACKWELL,
JOHN TALMAN,
JOSEPH ROBINSON.