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, 644

<New York, August 17, 1775: The intelligence contained in the enclosed paragraph of a letter from General Washington should be communicated to the various Pennsylvania committees. Addressed to Franklin and the other members of the committee and signed by P. V. B. Livingston, President.>