letter thereof, and will duly inform and give notice of every evasion or contravention of said Agreement, as far as we are able. All and every of which clauses aforesaid, to remain firm and in force, until overruled by a Continental and Provincial body assembled.

Witness our hands, this 27th day of January, 1775.

The above was accepted by the Convention, and signed by the Members thereof.

Voted, That a Committee of seven take under consideration the conduct of several persons, who, by their behaviour, have evinced a disposition inimical to their country, and make report to this body, and is as follows:

Whereas, the Convention of Committees from the County of Worcester, did, on the 31st of August, 1774, resolve that it be recommended to such Innholders and Retailers in said County, who may be approbated by the Selectmen in their respective Towns, to continue and exercise their respective functions, provided they strictly adhere to the laws of this Province respecting Innholders and Retailers, and it was the sense of that Convention, that no person or persons ought to sell Spirituous Liquors in said County, but such as shall be approbated by the Selectmen of their respective Towns or Districts; and as complaint has been made to the Convention now sitting, that a number of persons in this County do practise the selling Strong Liquors, without the approbation as aforesaid, which is not only counteracting a Resolve of said Convention, but is against the law of the Province, is of dangerous consequence, and has a tendency to corrupt the morals of the people, &c. And for preventing the same, and promoting peace and good order, it is Resolved, That it be recommended to the Committees of Correspondence, Inspection, and Selectmen, in every Town and District in this County; carefully to inquire into such illegal practices and disorders, and not only discountenance, but discourage and put a final stop to such breaches of good order; but provided any person will not be reclaimed, he, or they, ought to be held up to publick view, and treated with not only neglect, but contempt, as enemies of all publick as well as private good, until they reform.

And whereas, Isaac Jones, of Weston, in the County of Middlesex, Innholder and Trader, has, by his conduct of late years, in various instances, manifested a disposition inimical to the rights and privileges of his countrymen; therefore,

Resolved, That it be earnestly recommended to all the inhabitants of this County, not to have any commercial connections with the said Isaac Jones, but shun his house and person, and treat him with that contempt he deserves; and should any person in this County be so lost to a sense of their duty, after this recommendation, as to have any commercial connections or dealings with the said Jones, we do advise the inhabitants of this County to treat such persons with the utmost neglect.

Whereas, the enemies of these United Colonies are indefatigable in their endeavours to create divisions among the inhabitants, and as there are several Printers on the Continent, that incessantly assist them in their endeavours, by publishing their scandalous performances in their several Newspapers; therefore,

Resolved, That it be recommended to the good people of this County not to take any more of the aforesaid Papers, but that they encourage those Printers who have invariably appeared friendly to this country.

It is strongly recommended by this body to the Committees of Inspection, in the several Towns in this County, that they be very assiduous in the discharge of the trust reposed in them, with respect to Trade, to see that all Traders keep strictly to the rules laid down by the Continental and Provincial Congresses, and also, that they make strict inquiry of every person that purchases Goods abroad, who they trade with, and when the Goods were imported. We also recommend to the inhabitants of this County, whenever they purchase Goods as above said, that they be very careful not to break Covenant, and that they take bills of parcels of every article, and lay the same before the Committee for their inspection, that no person may be imposed upon by those villains that are inimical to the cause of liberty.

Whereas, we are fully sensible that our enemies are assiduously endeavouring to provoke us to acts of violence, not only with those we esteem inimical to our liberties, who are natives of this Province, but also with General Gage and the King's Troops, endeavouring thereby, as we apprehend, to exceed the bounds of our patience, that they may have a pretence to represent us as the aggressors; therefore,

Resolved, That we are disposed to conduct ourselves friendly towards his Majesty's Troops, agreeable to the recommendation of the Continental Congress, so long as they behave peaceably towards us.

2. Resolved, That it be recommended to the inhabitants of this County, to be very careful in discountenancing and suppressing all acts of violence, except so much as is necessary to carry the Resolves of the Continental and Provincial Congresses into execution. And being fully convinced of the justness of our cause, we are determined firmly and religiously to support and maintain our rights, even to the loss of our lives and fortunes, before we will dastardly and impiously give up and submit to an arbitrary power.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM A MERCHANT AT ANNAPOLIS, IN MARYLAND, TO HIS FRIEND IN PHILADELPHIA, DATED JANUARY 28, 1775.

The measures of the late Continental Congress, have occasioned much warmth and discord in this country. A turbulent man, of no consideration, unless with the needy and desperate like himself, has found means, by frequent publications, tending to sedition and rebellion, to assemble the inhabitants in Anne Arundel County, and with haranguing, and urging the necessity of adopting every measure of the Association, and the other wild, impracticable views of the Congress, he fascinated a multitude of people here; but to the confusion of these enemies of the good old Constitution, his progress has been stopped by the spirited opposition of a writer who attacked him in several printed papers, under the signature of "A Citizen;" to this happy interposition, we owe the liberty of speaking and acting, assenting and dissenting, in all political business, as we were wont to do before this busy demagogue obtained an existence amongst us. In short, we have defeated him in an insolent plan of levying money upon his Majesty's faithful subjects, to raise a fund for the express purpose of purchasing Arms and Ammunition, to join the treasonable purpose projected by Adams and the Eastern Republicans, to carry on a formal rebellion in the Colonies. Be assured, there is too much loyalty, wisdom, and conduct in the principal people of Maryland, to suffer this Firebrand's projects to throw the Province into a state of further distraction, which he labours to effect, merely to secure in the scramble, something for himself. The eyes of our inhabitants are now opened to his crafty designs; blasted and withered, he will torment us no more, for he is chased to the ground. We have just got the piece entitled, "What Think ye of the Congress now?" It expresses the sentiments of all the true Loyalists, and will recover many here who have been misled by the loud unlettered Orators of the Republican tribe. The conduct of the New-York Assembly, in acting consistently with their own dignity, and daring to speak the true constitutional language, was received amongst us with the most fervent plaudits. We wish your Pennsylvanians had taken the lead in so glorious a cause. Oh! what a falling off was that of your Assembly, to approve of the measures which the majority of the Members of it, in their hearts, most sincerely condemned. In such a Government, a very different determination was expected; but Adams, with his crew, and the haughty Sultans of the South, juggled the whole conclave of the Delegates. Fie on't, Oh fie! We are impatient for the Speech from the Throne, and the temper of the new Parliament.

Philadelphia, January 30, 1775.

Answers of the Governour of his Majesty's Province of PENNSYLVANIA, in AMERICA, to the several heads of inquiry relative to the present state and condition of the said Province, transmitted by the Right Honourable the Earl, of DARTMOUTH, in his Letter of the 5th of July, 1773.

1. What is the situation of the Province under your Government; the nature of the country, soil, and climate;