1. The committee reported to Congress on 1 June (see JCC description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. description ends , 17:479–80). The enclosed copy of the report reads: “The Committee to whom was referred Genl Washington’s letter of the 27th May, and who were directed to confer thereon with a committee of the general Assembly & the supreme executive council of Pensylvania Report.

“That they have had a conference on the same with a committee of the supreme executive council & General Assembly of the State of Pensylvania; who inform your committee that nothing will be wanting in the power of this State, to furnish men, money and provisions for the public service, on the present emergency. That with regard to men, orders have just gone forth for every company of militia in the State to furnish two each, which will amount to about twelve hundred & which are to join the continental army except so many of them as may be found necessary to oppose the Indian incursions on the frontiers of the State. That orders are also just gone forth to the superintendants and collectors of the taxes in the most pressing terms, to furnish an immediate supply of money for the public service. That the Commissary General has orders to receive money from any of their county treasurers for an immediate purchase of meat, and is gone into the country to direct the application of it, and that should he fail of purchasing such meat as he should find suitable for the army authority will be given to seize the same, tho’ it was not expected that any large supply of beef could be found in this state. That the purchasers under the State were now furnished with money and there was reason to believe they would succeed in the purchase of the articles required of the State by the resolution of the 25th of Feby last, to which much attention would be given” (DLC:GW). For the supply quotas for each state that Congress adopted on 25 Feb., see Huntington to GW, 29 Feb., n.2; see also JCC description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. description ends , 16:196–201.

2. On 1 June, the general assembly of Pennsylvania passed “An ACT for procuring an immediate supply of Provisions for the Federal Army, in its present Exigency.” The act established procedures to appoint commissioners to procure meat for the army at reasonable prices and allowed meat suppliers to use certificates given in lieu of cash to pay state taxes (Pa. Laws, May–June 1780). Pennsylvania’s supreme executive council appointed twenty commissioners on 2 June to execute the act (see Pa. Col. Records description begins Colonial Records of Pennsylvania. 16 vols. Harrisburg, 1840–53. description ends , 12:372).

3. Huntington is referring to Shehawken on the western frontier of New York in what was then Ulster County.

4. This enclosed document, headed “In Congress June 1st 1780,” reads: “A Report from the Board of War on the Letter of the 27th Ult. from Govr Clinton and the Letter of the 28th Ult. from president Weare was read, Whereupon

“Resolved that a Post be established at Shohyken in the County of Ulster in the State of New York and maintained at the Expence of the united States.

“That the said Garrison be under the particular Direction and Superintendance of his Excellency Govr Clinton, subject however to the Orders of the Commander in Chief of the continental Army.

“That if the Number of Troops necessary to garrison this post cannot be conveniently spared out of those already voted by Congress for the defence of the Frontiers of the State of New York, Congress approve the employing from time to time, at the Expence of the united States, such Number of Militia as may be sufficient for that purpose, So as that the whole employed in this Service do not exceed one Hundred and fifty Men with the proper proportion of Officers.

“Resolved That the president and Council of the State of New Hampshire be authorized to embody and maintain at the Expence of the united States any Number of Men not exceeding two Hundred and fifty, rank & file with a proportionable Number of Officers to assist in Guarding the Frontiers of the said State.

“The Committee to whom was referred the Letter of the 27th of May from General Washington and who were directed to confer thereon with a Committee of the General Assembly and supreme Executive Council of the State of Pensylvania reported the result of their Conference and the Measures pursuing by the said State, Whereupon,

“Resolved, that the Supplies which any of the States shall Upon Requisition for that purpose furnish, of Articles, not required from them by the Resolution of the 25th day of Feby last or to a greater amount than is required by the said Resolution, shall be credited to them in a future Requisition of specific Supplies from the several States, or in Lieu of the like Value of other Articles which such States are already called on to furnish, or at the Election of the State shall be paid for with Interest at six per Cent. as fast as Money can be procured for that purpose” (DLC:GW).