ORANGE COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY.

This Institution was formed in 1811, and organized as a Bible and Tract Society, which it remained to be, till 1816, when it ceased its Tract operations.

The first officers were:

Rev. Andrew King,

Arthur J. Stansbury,

Dr. Charles Fowler,

And 19 other managers.

The Institution is auxiliary to the American Bible Society. The constitution adopted in 1811 was amended in 1817 so as to conform with its auxiliary character.

The present officers are:

James Wood.

Jesse Bull,

William Houston,
James D. Bull,
Theodore L. Jackson,
Dr. Peter A. Millspaugh,
The following persons have
Rev. Andrew King,
"Methuselah Baldwin,
Johannes Miller, Esq.
Mr. Hezekiah Howell,
Moses Crawford,
William Phillips,

"James Wood.

President

1st Vice President
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Corresponding Secretary
Recording Secretary
Treasurer.
been Presidents:
James W. Wilkin, Esq.
Mr. Andrew Wilson,
"Jonathan Bailey,
"Samuel Millspaugh,
Dr. David Hanford,
Charles Fowler,

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PROVISIONAL CONVENTION.

In May, 1775, the 2d Continental Congress were to assemble at Philadelphia, and the question of sending delegates to that body was agitated in the Assembly of N. York, and on their refusal to send them, a Provisional Convention was called by the people for the purpose.

The Convention met at the Exchange, in the city of New York, and appointed Philip Livingston, James Duane, John Alsop, John Jay, Simon Boerum, Wm. Floyd, Henry Wisner, Philip Schuyler, George Clinton, Lewis Morris, Francis

Lewis and Robert R. Livingston, Esqrs., as delegates for the purpose.

The Deputies of the Provisional Convention from Orange and Ulster counties assembled at the Exchange, in the city of New York, with Deputies from other counties, for the purpose of forming a Provincial Convention, April 20, 1775.

The officers of the first Provincial Congress were: Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Esq., President; Volkert P. Dow, Esq., V. President; John McKesson and Robert Benson, Secretaries; and Thomas Pettit, Door Keeper.

DEPUTIES TO THE FIRST CONVENTION:

From Orange County-Col. A. Hawks Hay, Henry Wisner, Esq., John Haring Esq., Peter Clowes, Israel Seely, John Coe, David Pie, Michael Jackson, Benjamin Tusten, Wm. Allison, Jesse Woodhull, Jeremiah Clark, Mr. Cooper and Abraham Lent.

From Ulster County.-Charles De Witt, George Clinton, Levi Pawling, Col. Johannis Hardenburgh, Col. James Clinton, Egbert Dumond Esq., Charles Clinton, Christopher Tappan, John Nicholson, Jacob Hornbeck, Thomas Palmer. Mathew Cantine, Mr. Wynkoop, Mr. Rhea and Mr. Lefever.

The convention continued to meet till May 13th, 1777, when it was dissolved, and the Committee of Safety ordered to assemble next morning, which they did, and continued their sessions till January 7, 1778, when the Convention sat as a Senate and Assembly.

Members of Senate.-Messrs. Ten Brock, Yates, Van Schaick, Wisner, Pawling, Landon, Webster, Parks, Scott. Members of Assembly.-Messrs. Harper, Kellian Van Rensselaer, Williams, Banker, Dunscomb, Snider, Gilbert Livingston, Jay, Drake, Benson, Morehouse, Speaker, Van Houten, Barns, Hoffman, Clarke, Schoonmaker, Kuyper.

General Officers for the Colonies, appointed by Congress in June, 1775.

George Washington, General and Commander in Chief; Artemas Ward, 1st Major General-Charles Lee, 2d do.Philip Schuyler, 3d do.-Israel Putnam, 4th do.;-Seth Pomeroy, 1st Brigadier General-Richard Montgomery, 2d do.-David Wooster, 3d do.-William Heath, 4th do.-Joseph Spencer, 5th do.-John Thomas, 6th do.-John Sullivan, 7th do.-Nathaniel Green, 8th do.-and Horatio Gates Adjutant General.

UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.

Members of the New York Convention for deliberating on the adoption of the Constitution of the United States, assembled at Poughkeepsie, June 17, 1788, from the counties of Ulster and Orange-George Clinton, Delegate from Ulster, President.

From Ulster County-George Clinton, John Cantine, Cor. C. Schoonmaker, Ebenezer Clark, James Clinton, Derick Wynkoop.

From Orange County-John Haring, Jesse Woodhull, Henry Wisner, John Wood.

STATE CONSTITUTION.

Members from Ulster and Orange counties in the Convention met at Kingston, Ulster county, April 20, 1777, to frame the Constitution of the State.

From Ulster County-Christopher Tappen, Matthew Rea, Arthur Parks, Matthew Cantine, Charles De Witt, Levi Pawling, Henry Wisner, Jr.

From Orange County-William Allison, Henry Wisner. Jeremiah Clark, David Pye, Thomas Outwater, Isaac Sherwood, Joshua H. Smith, John Haring, Mr. Little.

Members of the Convention who framed the Constitution of the State of New York in 1821, from Orange county were :John Duer, John Hallock, jr., Peter Milliken and Benjamin Woodward.

The members of the Convention from Orange county, who framed the State Constitution in 1846, were :-John W. Brown of Newburgh, George W. Tuthill of Bloominggrove and Lewis Cuddeback of Deerpark.

The citizens of Orange who have been, or acted as Governors of the State, were:

GOVERNORS.

Cadwallader C. Colden, Lieut. Governor from 1760 to 1762

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1763 to 1765

1, "in Goshen, on the head waters of the Otterkill,"