Certifcate from the City of New-York

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A Certificate from the Committee of the City of New-York, was read and filed, and is in the words following, to wit:

"Committee Chamber, New-York, December 5, 1775.

"The General Committee hereby recommend William Leary as a suitable person for a Town-Major, and request he may be commissioned accordingly.

"John BROOME, Chairman pro tem.

"To the Honourable the Provincial Congress, in New-York."

Ordered, That a Commission be issued to the said William Leary, as Town-Major of the City of New-York, agreeably to the said recommendation.