or dealings with such person or persons whatsoever; and that whosoever shall have any such connection, ought to be treated in like manner, and be considered as an enemy to his Country, notwithstanding he or they may have signed the Association.

4. Resolved, And we do recommend it to all our neighbouring and adjacent Towns, Precincts, Counties, and Provinces, that they will, in like manner treat such persons as aforesaid.

5. Resolved, That the names of such person or persons, who shall refuse as aforesaid, shall be made publick in the Newspapers.

6. Resolved, That any person or persons owning Negroes in this Precinct shall not, on any account whatever, suffer his or their Negro or Negroes to be absent from his dwellinghouse or farm, after sun-down, or send them out in the day time off their farm without a pass; and in case any Negroes shall be found absent, contrary to the above Resolve, (except it be in return with his or their masters team,) shall be apprehended by any person or persons’ whatsoever, and brought forthwith before any two or more of this Committee, who shall cause them to receive thirty-five lashes, or any number less, as the said Committee shall judge proper.

7. Resolved, That the above Resolves, of the Committee shall be subject to the control of the Provincial and Continental Congresses, to their approbation and disapprobation.

8. Resolved, That we will truly adhere to and obey whatever Resolutions the Continental and Provincial Congresses, or either of them shall resolve and direct, with respect to this Precinct or other matters which are to be observed in general, until such times as His Majesty, and his Lords and Commons shall repeal and disannul all their present tyrannical acts and measures, and again restore us to our former liberties and privileges, which, by law and nature we are entitled to, as natural born subjects.

By order of the Committee:

WOLVER ECKER.

PROVIDENCE (RHODE-ISLAND) TOWN-MEETING.

At a Town-Meeting held at Providence, by adjournment, on Monday, the fifteenth day of May, A. D. 1775, Mr. Joseph Brown, Moderator:

Voted, That the doings of the Town Council, on the matter of the Watch, be approved and accepted, and that Mr. Zephaniah Andrews be, and is hereby appointed to build a guard-house and three watch-boxes in this Town, agreeable to the vote of the Town Council establishing a Watch, and that the said Mr, Andrews advise with Messrs. John Brown and Jonathan Arnold on that matter.

Voted, That the master of the Watch, together with John Brown and Jonathan Arnold, have full power to direct what instrument or instruments the Watch shall be provided with from time of time.

Voted unanimously, That the Committee who were appointed by the Town, at their last meeting, to inquire into the state and preparation of the several inhabitants of this Town, in respect to Fire-Arms and other military stores and accoutrements required by law, as they are not prepared to make their report at this meeting, be, and they are hereby directed to make their report to Colonel John Mathewson, Edward Thurber, and Jonathan Arnold, who are appointed by the Town a Committee to receive the same; and they, together with the aforesaid Committee, are hereby appointed and empowered to purchase, at the expense and on account and risk of the Town, such and so many Arms as shall appear to them, necessary to supply all able-bodied men who are by said Committee deemed unable to provide for themselves, and furnish such supplies of military stores and accoutrements as they judge necessary, under certain rules and restrictions to be by them made. And that the said Committee make their report to the Town as soon as they have completed the business assigned them in this vote, together with the regulations which shall be by them made as aforesaid.

And it is further noted, That the said Committee do, as soon as may be after receiving the Report of the first Committee as aforesaid, furnish each. Captain of the Militia Companies in this Town with lists of those persons who live within the limits of their respective Companies, that are able to provide themselves with Arms, &c., as the law requires; and that upon receipt thereof it is recommended to them to strictly adhere to the law, and cause all such to provide themselves, or exact their fines for each deficiency.

Voted, That Major Truman and Mr. Paul Allen be a Committee to make up the whole of the Town’s stock of Powder and Lead, or procure the same to be made into Cartridges as soon as may be, at the expense of the Town, and when so made, return the same to the Captains of the several Military Companies in this Town.

Voted, That the vote passed in town-meeting on the last Tuesday of August, be reprinted in the Providence Gazette.

Worcester, May 24, 1775.

The week before last, the Falcon, sloop-of-war, was cruising about Cape Cod, and meeting with a wood sloop in ballast, seized her, but promising the Skipper to release him and his vessel if he would give information of any vessel that was just arrived from the West-Indies With a cargo on board; he at length told the Captain of the Falcon that there was a sloop at Dartmouth, which had just arrived; whereupon the Captain of the Falcon, instead of releasing the wood sloop, armed and manned her, and sent her in search of the West-Indiaman. They found the vessel lying at anchor, but her cargo was landed; however, they seized her and carried her off, after putting part of their crew and some guns and ammunition on board. Notice of this getting on shore, the people fitted out a third sloop, with about thirty men and two swivel-guns, and went in pursuit of these royal pirates, whom they came up with at Martha’s Vineyard, where they lay at anchor, at about a league’s distance from each others the first surrendered without firing a gun; our people, after putting a number of hands on board, bore down upon the other, which, by this time, had got under sail; but the people in the Dartmouth sloop coming up with her, the pirates fired upon them; the fire was immediately returned, by which three of the pirates were wounded, among whom was the commanding officer. Our people boarded her immediately, and having taken both sloops, carried them into Dartmouth, and sent the prisoners to Cambridge; from thence nine of them were yesterday brought to this Town.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM NEWPORT, RHODE-ISLANDS, DATED MAY 10, 1775.

Last Friday the Falcon, Captain Lindsey, took two sloops at Bedford, with intention, of sending them to the Islands near the Vineyard, to carry from thence a parcel of sheep to Boston. The Bedford people resented this conduct in such a manner as to immediately fit out two sloops, with thirty men on board, and last Saturday retook them both, with fifteen men on board. In the action there were three of the men-of-war sailors badly wounded, one of whom is since dead. The other thirteen they immediately sent to Taunton Jail.

GROTON (MASSACHUSETTS) COMMITTEE.

Groton, May 15, 1775.

The inhabitants of Groton in town-meeting assembled, the Reverend Samuel Dana offered that to the Town with regard to his political principles and conduct with which the Town voted themselves fully satisfied, and that he ought to enjoy the privileges of society in common with other members; and we hope this, with the following by him subscribed, will be fully satisfactory to the publick.

Committee of Correspondence for GROTON.

“I, the subscriber, being deeply affected with the miseries brought on this Country by a horrid thirst for ill-got wealth and unconstitutional power; and lamenting my unhappiness in being left to adopt principles in politicks different from the generality of my countrymen, and thence to conduct in a manner that has but too justly excited the jealousy