he, on any account, justify his repeated prevarications. It is not our business to take notice of his passionate and disrespectful behaviour towards this Committee, nor his indiscreet conduct without doors. We shall confine ourselves to the relation of the following facts: On the 13th day of February he informed the Committee of his arrival with a quantity of Salt, that his Snow wanted repairs, and as he should find it necessary to heave her down here, he demanded the consent of this Committee to store the Salt till the Snow could be refitted. The Committee, after careful inquiries, (some of his answers to which we find to be false,) did, at length, consent, upon condition the Salt should be taken on board again as soon as possible, which Captain Sampson promised to do, Thus matters rested till the 8th of March, when this Committee were surprised with information, that he had given bond at the Custom-House, and was taking in Lumber without the Salt. He was sent for, and after discovering a great degree of heat, did, at length, give his repeated promise to take the Salt on board as soon as possible, and that he would begin the next day. More than a week, however, has elapsed, and he has as yet complied with no part of his promise, nor taken any of the Salt on board again, but has actually applied for protection to the Ship-of-War now in this harbour, under whose stern the Snow lies, where it appears he intends to load with Grain. We, the Committee, do therefore declare Captain Sampson a violator of the Association, and an enemy to American liberty; and we trust the Merchants, Planters, and Skippers of Vessels in this Colony, will make him Feel their righteous indignation, by breaking off all kinds of dealings with him, and that they will, in no wise, be aiding or assisting in procuring a cargo for a man, who, from the whole tenour of his late conduct, has openly set the good people of this Country at defiance, and contributed his utmost endeavours to destroy their most essential interests.

Extract from the minutes:

WILLIAM DAVIES, Secretary.

N. B. The other Members of the Committee were out of Town at the time of signing.

TALBOT COUNTY (MARYLAND) COMMITTEE.

March 21, 1775.

A meeting of the Committee of Observation for Talbot County being requested by Mr. Charles Crookshanks, on Tuesday, the 21st of March, 1775, the following gentlemen did accordingly meet at Mr. Brascup’s Tavern, viz:

James Lloyd Chamberlaine, Esq., Chairman, James Hindman, Dr. Moses Allen, John Stevens, John Cochran, Nathaniel Cooper, John Gibson, Jacob Hindman, Francis Baker, William Hindman, Robert Lloyd Nicols, Samuel Thomas, Thomas Ray, Thomas Martin, Jun., Samuel Sharp, Dr. John Troup.

Mr. Crookshanks thereupon made the following Report: That the Ship Baltimore, James Longmuir, consigned to himself by Messrs. Spiers, French & Co., had arrived the evening before, with two bales of Goods on board, which, as would appear by letters he was ready to produce from the said gentlemen, had been shipped at Glasgow, November 10th, 1774, and were part of a cargo intended to have been sent by a former Ship; that the said Longmuir came by the way of Rotterdam, and had been there detained by the ice, which had protracted his voyage. The Committee, upon examination, being satisfied of the truth of the above report, were of opinion that no imputation ought to be thrown upon the said Company, of an intention to contravene the Non-Importation. Agreement entered into by the Colonies, as it was not possible for them to receive an account of the proceedings of the Continental Congress, at the time of shipping the said Goods; and as Mr. Crookshanks voluntarily proposed, and solemnly plighted his honour, that the said bales should not be landed, but sent back in the same bottom, the Committee were much pleased with his readiness to comply with the Resolution of the Continental Congress, accepted the proposal, and resolved unanimously that the said Goods be sent back to Glasgow in the same Ship without landing.

CHARLES TROUPE, Clerk pro tem.

ALBANY (NEW-YORK) COMMITTEE.

At a meeting of the Committee of Correspondence for the City and County of Albany, held the 21st day of March, 1775:

Resolved unanimously, That Abraham Yates, Jun., Esq., Walter Livingston, Esq., Colonel Schuyler, Colonel Ten Broeck, and Colonel Peter R. Livingston, are appointed to represent the City and County of Albany at the intended Provincial Congress to be held at the City of New-York, the 20th day of April next, for the purpose of appointing Delegates to represent this Colony at the next Continental Congress, to be Held at Philadelphia the 10th day of May next. By order of the Committee:

JOHN N. BLEECKER, Clerk.

RENSSELAERWYCK MANOR (NEW-YORK) COMMITTEE.

At a meeting of the Committee of Inspection for the Manor of Rensselaerwyck, held the 21st of March, 1775, it was unanimously resolved, that the thanks of this Committee be given to Colonel Abraham Ten Broeck. Colonel Philip Schuyler, and Colonel Peter Livingston, for their faithful services in the cause of liberty, in the last session of the General Assembly of this Colony.

By order of the Committee:

ABRAHAM J. LANSING, Chairman.

Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, N. Y., March 23, 1775.

On the 21st of March, a few friends to liberty met at the house of Mr. John Bailey, about two or three miles from Poughkeepsie, and erected a pole on his land, with a flag on it, bearing on one side the King, and on the other the Congress and Liberty; but the Sheriff of Dutchess County the next day, attended by a Judge of the Inferiour Court, two of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, and a Constable, with some others, friends to constitutional liberty and good order, cut the same down, as a publick nuisance.

FAIRFIELD (CONNECTICUT) COMMITTEE.

At a meeting of the Committee of Inspection for the Town of Fairfield, in Connecticut, held in Fairfield, on the 21st day of this instant March:

Daniel Wheeler, Obadiah Platt, and Ebenezer Hall, all of said Fairfield, being duly notified to appear before said Committee, and answer to the complaints made against them, did not appear.

Whereupon the Committee proceeded to examine the evidences, and upon a full and impartial hearing of them, they were unanimously of opinion that the said Wheeler, Platt, and Hall, were guilty of a breach of the Association of the Continental Congress; and that, pursuant to the directions of the County Congress, all connections, commerce, and dealings, ought to be withdrawn from them by every friend to his Country.

And ordered, That the Clerk of this Committee make this judgment publick, that they may be dealt with accordingly.

THADDEUS BURR, Clerk to the Committee.

SAMUEL ADAMS TO R. H. LEE.

Boston, March 21, 1775.

SIR: I am much obliged to you for your favour of 4th of February last, by Captain Layton. From the beginning of this great contest with the Mother Country, I have seen Virginia distinguishing herself in the support of American liberty; and in the liberal donations received from all parts of that Colony for the sufferers in this Town, we have had abundant testimonies of their unanimity and zeal for that all-important cause. I have the pleasure to assure you, that the people of this Colony, (saving a few detestable men, most of whom are in this Town,) are also firm and united. General Gage is still here, with eleven Regiments, besides several detachments; yet, it is generally supposed, that there are not more than two thousand five hundred effective men in all. They have been very sickly through the winter past; many have died, and many others