Provisions directed to be furnished to the Prisoners at Albany

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A draught of a Letter to the Committee of Albany was read and approved of, and is in the words following, to wit:

In Provincial Congress, New-York, August 21, 1775.

GENTLEMEN: We received your letter of the 10th inst., in answer to which we inform you that it is the direction of the Congress that provisions be furnished for the prisoners, for which you will apply to the Commissary.

We are, Gentlemen, your humble servants.

To Abraham Yates, Jun., Chairman of the Committee at Albany.

Ordered, That a copy thereof be engrossed, and signed by the President, and transmitted by the Albany Messenger.