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A draught of a Letter to the Continental Congress, to cover a copy of Captain John Hamilton' s Information, was read and approved of, and is in the words following, to wit:
In Provincial Congress for the Colony of New-York,
October 3, 1775.
SIR: The enclosed state of information is of such a nature that it is conceived highly proper to communicate it with all despatch to the Congress.
I am, Sir, your most humble servant. By order:
To the Honourable John Hancock, Esq˙, President.
Ordered, That a copy thereof be engrossed, and signed by the President, and transmitted, with the said Information, and extract of a Letter from Falmouth.
Ordered, That a like Letter be engrossed, and signed by the President, and, with a copy of the said Information and extract of a Letter, transmitted to General Washington.
The Proposal of a merchant of New-York, to load five
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hundred barrels of Flour to Hispaniola, and to bring in return five tons of Gunpowder, was read.