The Mayor of the City of New-York, attending at the door, was called in, and informed the Congress that application had been made to him respecting some arms lately taken out of the baggage carts of the troops, lately embarking from this city; ー and he delivered a letter from his Honour the Lieutenant-Governor to him on that subject, which was read ー and thereupon, Mr. [Gouverneur] Morris moved (and was seconded by Mr. [Isaac] Low) in the words following, to wit:

I move that the arms and military accoutrements taken from His Majesty's troops on Tuesday last [June 6] be restored; and for that purpose that a resolve of the Congress be made as follows:

Resolved, That it is the sense of this Congress that every inhabitant of this Colony who is possessed of any of the said arms and accoutrements, should immediately deliver them to the Mayor of New-York; and that a commitee be appointed to see that this resolve be complied with.

And debates arising on the said motion, and the question being put thereon, it was carried in the affirmative . . .

Ordered, That Mr. Isaac Roosevelt, Mr. John DeLancey, and Mr. John Marston, be a committee to see this resolution complied with.

Ordered, That a copy of this resolve be delivered to the Mayor of the city of New York.

Colonel [James] Clinton and Mr. [Christopher] Tappen who were a committee to examine the banks of Hudson's river through the Highlands, and report the most proper place for erecting one or more fortifications, and an estimate of the expense of erecting the same, delivered in their report, with a map or plan of the said river through the Highlands, which report was read.

Ordered, That the said report lay for the perusal and farther consideration of the members of this Congress, and that a copy of the said report, and of the said map or plan of Hudson's River, together with a letter on that subject, to accompany the same, be forwarded to the Delegates from this Colony at the Continental Congress; and that Colo. Clinton and Mr. Tappen be a committee to prepare and report a draft of such letter.

This Congress having this morning received intimations that provisions were lading on board of a vessel, whereof one Coffin is master, for the use of the army and navy at Boston, a draft of a letter to the Delegates from this Colony at the Continental Congress, on the subject, being prepared, was read and approved of. . . .

Ordered, That a copy thereof be engrossed, signed by the President, and sent by the first conveyance.²

The Congress then resumed the consideration of the case of Robert and John Murray and the memorial of Robert and John Murray, on the subject of their breach of the association of the late Continental Congress, and the several papers annexed to it, whereby they pray to be restored to their former commercial privileges, being read, on a Reference thereof to us by the Continental Congress and it appearing that they, the said Robert and John Murray, have published a printed handbill expressing their Contrition for their said offence and their resolution for the future strictly to adhere to the said association and to the further orders of the Continental Congress, the Provincial Congress of this Colony, and the general committee of Association for the city and county, with a saving for the said Robert (who is one of the people called Quakers) as to his religious principles; and they have voluntarily paid the expense that accrued for boat hire and otherwise, in the attendance of the committee of observation for the purpose of preventing any goods from being landed from on board the Ship Beulah; and they having also by letter under their hands, requested the committee of Elizabeth Town in New Jersey to keep in their custody, at the costs and risque of them, the said ship contrary to the said association until two vessels shall arrive from London with Goods into this Colony, after a general importation from Great Britain to the Colonies shall take place.

Resolved, therefore That the said Robert and John Murray shall be and they are hereby fully restored to their commercial privileges and declared to be entitled to the forgiveness of the public.