cellency the Governour of New York at Albany with a Letter to the Purpose following Viz!

[The letter gives the facts of the case-that the whole number of 500 authorized by the Assembly had been raised that the 100 men raised by the bearer Edward Hart were by far the most likely and ablebodied Men that had been raised-but that there was no probability that the Assembly of the Province would consent to provide for them-it was thought advisable to send him to Albany to offer them to the Governour of New York. It was hoped they would be accepted, and the bounty of six pounds p man authorized by the Assembly of New York be paid to them. The letter closes as follows: "As the Bearer had Expended most of his Estate in the Raising and Subsisting these Men, till he brought them hither & then Declared his Inability Longer to Subsist Them. I have Adventured for the Publick Service to Order some of the money Advanced by this Province for his Majesty for Supplying, Cloathing & Arms &c to be Applyed for the Subsistence of the Men & shall do so for ten days or a fortnight Longer in Order to keep the Men together till Hart's Return from your Excellency which I hope may be Allowed of by His Majesty or General S'Clair, along with the Money Advanced for Cloathing & Arms, And doubt not your Excellency will Join in Recommending the Allowance of that Sum, as his Majesty's service is the only Motive for that Expence."]

"The President Communicated a Letter from some of the Gentlemen of the Council of New York to whose Care and Direction His Excellency Gov! Clinton had Recommended the Peace and safety of the City and

'The minutes from this point to the * on a subsequent page are as found in N. Y. Col. MSS. Vol. LXXV, page 77.

Lower Parts of the Province of New York during his stay at Albany Requesting His Honour that for the more Speedy Intelligence & Spreading the Alarme of an Invasion there might be Erected a Beacon on the Highlands of Neversinks, and also that his Honour would Direct the Regiments of the County's of Essex & Bergen to Repair to the Assistance of the City of New York in Case of an Alarm. And His Excellency the Late Governour of this Province having some Time before his Death Issued a Proclamation Where he ordered watches to be stationed in Several Parts of the County of Monmouth along the Sea Coast. And the Board being Informed that John Little Esq' Lieuten Coll' and John Redford Esq' Major of the Regiment of the County of Monmouth were in Town Requested their Attendance and Information how far the Orders in the said Proclamation Relating to the County of Monmouth had been Complyed with Who Attending accordingly Informed His Honour & the Board that Pursuant to the said Proclamation on the 28th & 30th Days of April Last Watches were Stationed at Squan, Deal and the Highlands of Neversink all upon the Sea Coast, and that these Watches have been from Time to Time Relieved and are at present Supplyd from the Regiment of Foot of County of Monmouth, that the Instructions given to these Watches are to give Notice to the next Commanding officers who have orders upon such Notice to Call together their Companys and to send forward the Alarme to the Commanding Officer of the County.

Whereupon this Board Advised His Honour the President to Issue his Order to the Collonel of the Militia of Monmouth County to the Purpose following viz!

Sir

I am this day advis'd by His Majesty's Council that it will be for the Security not only of this Province

but also of the City and Province of New York that a proper Beacon be Sett up and Erected upon the most Convenient Part of the Highlands of Neversinks in Order to Give the Erlyest Alarm of the Approach of an Enemy, And Do therefore in Pursuance of the s Advice Order that a proper Beacon be Erected upon the Said Highlands of Neversinks in such Place & in such manner as You shall think most proper. And I Do hereby further Order and Direct that You Give or Cause to be Given Orders to the Severall Persons who shall be appointed to Keep Watch near the said Beacon when Erected that They do not Presume to Sett fire to the said Beacon or Suffer any Person to Sett Fire to it without Your Order or the Order of one of the Field Officers of the Regiment under Your Command or the order of Richard Saltar, Nathaniel Leonard or Robert Hartshorne or of any one of you or them, but upon the approach of Six Ships or more, the Person then on the Watch is immediately to apply to some one of the Persons above mentioned, who upon such application is Requested to Proceed to the said Beacon and If he Judges, the sa Ships to be Enemys he is then to order the said Beacon to be fired and is to send Immediate Notice to You or to one of the Field Officers of the Regiment of the sd County who is hereby Required upon Receipt of such Intelligence to Send Notice thereof to Me or to the Commander in Chief of the Province for the time being-I am, &c.

This Board further Advis'd his Honor the President to Give Orders to the Collonel of the Regiments of Bergen & Essex to the following Purpose Viz!—

It has been Represented to Me by the Gentlemen of His Majesty's Council for the Province of New York to whose Care His Excellency the Governour of that Province has Recommended the Safety of the City and

Lower Parts of the Province of New York during his Absence at Albany. That in Case of an Attack upon the City of New York they would stand greatly in need of assistance from this Province which Representation being laid before His Majesty's Council for this Province they Unanimously Advis'd me to Issue Orders to the Regiments of Bergen & Essex that they should in case of Alarm Proceed to the Assistance of our Neighbours of New York I Do therefore by & with the Advice of His Majesties Council Order and Require You that upon Application from the Gov' or Commander in Chief of the Province of New York for the Time being or uppon Application from His Majesties Councill for that Province You do forthwith and without further Orders Call together and March the Regiments of Foot under Your Command or Order such Detachments as shall be Judged necessary to the most Convenient place for transporting them into the Province of New York and when there You are to Obey such Orders as shall be Given You by the Commander in Chief of that Province, or by his Majesties Council of that Province, untill You Returne into this Government-I am &c

This Board further advis'd His Honour that he would be Pleased to write to the Gentlemen of the Council of New York who wrote to him, with a Copy of the Preceeding Minutes.*

Mr Edward Hart Represented to his Honour the President his Inability of Longer Supporting the Company Raised by him & that They must out of Necessity Disperse, unless His Honour will be Pleased to Advance a Sum of money for their Subsistence, which being Communicated to this Board, They are of Opinion that his Honour may Draw an Order on the Commissioners for that Purpose, which he does in the Words following

[The Letter follows, ending "I do therefore in Pursuance of the sd Advice Order that You Pay to the Commanding Officer of s Company for the Use of s Company the Sum of Ten Pounds proclamation Money & to the sd Commanding Officer for the Subsistence of the s Company 9 per Man per Day. till the 27th Inst: inclusive or untill the s Edward Hart's Return from Albany, which ever shall first happen And for so Doing this shall be your Warrant, Given under my hand & Seal this 13th day of August 1746.

The Board also Advised his Honour to Issue his Orders to the Captains of the Several Company's Raised in this Province to hold themselves & their Company's in Readyness to March to the Place appointed by His Honour for their Embarkation to the Place of General Rendezvous Upon the first Notice they shall Receive from His Honour

Proceedings of the Council of New Jersey, September 27th, 1746.

[From Papers of Ferdinand John Paris in New Jersey Historical Society Library,

Book P. No. 15.]

PRESENT

The Honble John Hamilton Esq! President

Robert Hunter Morris) James Hude Esq

Edward Antill

John Coxe

His Honour acquainted the Board that Agreeable to the Advice of the Council Given on the 22 of August Last for the immediate Embarkation of the Company Raised in this Province, He had Issued Orders to the