James Clay to Cumberland Delegates in New-York Convention

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Brattleborough, December ye 2, 1776.

GENTLEMEN: At your desire, Captain Clay, Chairman of the Committee for said County, has taken pains to call us together, in order to make a representation to the State aforesaid, respecting the broken situation of this County. It is our opinion if we, who are only a part of the Committee for said County, should do any thing of that nature, it would make uneasiness in this County, and we think that as you represent the County, it is your indispensable duly to make a true representation thereof.

JAMES CLAY, Chairman.
JOHN BRIDGEMAN,
SAMUEL NICHOLS,
LUKE KNOWLTON,
SAMUEL KING,
JOHN SERGEANTS,
ISRAEL SMITH,
ARAD HUNT.

To Messrs˙ John Session and Simon Stevens, Esqs˙, Representatives of the County of Cumberland, and State of New-York.

P˙ S. There was but nine members that voted for the withdrawing the letter, and eight against it. And after the vote was passed, and another that you have a copy of, the eight members withdrew, and broke up the Committee; otherwise the Committee would have represented the broken state of the inhabitants of the County as a body.

JAMES CLAY,

Chairman of the County Committee.

To Messrs˙ John Session and Simon Stevens, Esqs.