The New York Provincial Congress to the Pennsylvania
Committee of Safety
Text printed in Samuel Hazard et al., eds., Pennsylvania Archives (first
series; 12 vols., Philadelphia, 1852-56), IV, 645-6.
<New York August 18, 1775: Reconsidering the paragraph of
General Washington’s letter that we forwarded yesterday has
given us too much reason to think that the British troops are
bound for New York. No pains should be spared to make the city
as strong as possible, and we urge you to keep your militia ready
to march at a moment’s notice. Postscript: Another letter from
General Washington has just arrived. The total inactivity of the
British troops for the past four weeks suggests, in his opinion,
that they intend to move elsewhere, and New York is generally
given out as their destination. Addressed to Franklin and the
other members of the committee and signed by P. V. B. Livingston
as president.>
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