Tryon County (New-York) Committee

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At a meeting of the Committee of Tryon County, on Sunday, the eleventh of June, 1775, at the house of Gosen Van Alstyn: Upon reading Letters from the Provincial Congress, dated the thirty-first of May, and third of June, 1775, recommending the appointing of Deputies to meet in Congress with the Deputies of the different Counties at New-York, the question being put, whether any should be sent down? was carried in the affirmative.

This Committee having great confidence in the integrity and ability of Christopher P˙ Yates and John Malett, Esquires, do resolve that the said Christopher P˙ Yates, and John Malett, be appointed, and are accordingly appointed, to be Deputies to attend the Provincial Congress without delay, and to act, in conjunction with the members of that body, upon the very alarming and calamitous situation of British America. By order of the Committee:

NICHOLAS HERKIMER, Chairman pro tem.
ANDREW FINCK, JUN˙, Clerk.