New York 4th July 1775
[Extract]
I arrived in the Governmt the 25th of last month with apparent satisfaction to the Inhabitants of this city, and received the next morning the Great Seal of the Province and the diminished authority the Lieutenant Governor had to transfer to me.
The General Revolt that has taken place in the Colonies has put his Majestys civil Governors in the most degraded situation, left in the exercise of only such feeble executive Powers as suit the present conveniences of the Country, and thus dependent on the caprice of a moment.
1. O'Callaghan, ed., Colonial New York, VII,589,590.
