Document: Council minutes, February 14, 1776

Writ patent for proroguing the assembly signed. Whitehead Hicks appointed justice of the supreme court vice Livingston deceased, David Matthews mayor of New York vice Hicks. Royal artillery and ordnance removed from the fort and lower battery. Records taken to the house of Nicholas Bayard in the Outward. Samuel Bayard the deputy secretary paroled. Letter from Robert Benson secretary of the committee of safety on the subject.