New York Committee of Correspondence to Alexander Hamilton, April 24, 1777

[ Kingston, New York, April 24, 1777. On this date the Provincial Convention of New York adopted the following resolution: “ Resolved , That Major Lawrence 1 and Capt. Rutgers, 2 be a committee to confer with Colonel Robert Livingston 3 on the subject of making field cannon out of wrought iron; and that the committee of correspondence be directed to write to Colonel Hamilton for his opinion on the usefulness of such artillery.� Letter not found. ]