A Letter from General Washington, dated 14th February, enclosing a Letter from Lord Drummond to General Robertson, a Return of the Army 4th of same month, &c., was read.

Agreeable to the Order of the Day, the Congress resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, to take into consideration the Letter from General Washington, and the Trade of the Colonies after the 1st of March, and after some time spent thereon, the President resumed the chair, and Mr. Ward reported, that the Committee had taken into consideration the matters referred to them, but, not having come to a conclusion, desired him to move for leave to sit again.

Resolved, That this Congress will, to-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole, to take into their further consideration the Letter from General Washington, and the state of the Trade of the Colonies.

Adjourned to ten o'clock, to-morrow.

Baltimore, November 30, 1774.

At a meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of Baltimore County and Baltimore Town, qualified by law to vote for Representatives, held in pursuance of notice given for that purpose, at the Court-House, on Saturday, the J2th November, 1774: Andrew Buchanan, Esquire, Chairman, and Robert Alexander, Clerk, the Inhabitants proceeded to make choice of a Committee for the purposes mentioned in the eleventh Resolve of the Continental Congress; and, thereupon, the following gentlemen were chosen:

FOR BALTIMORE TOWN: Andrew Buchanan, Robert Alexander, William Lux, John Moale, John Merryman, Richard Moale, Jeremiah Townley Chase, Thomas Harrison, Archibald Buchanan, William Smith, James Calhoun, Benjamin Griffith, Gerard Hopkins, William Spear, John Smith, Barnet Eichelberger, George Woolsey, Hercules Courtenay, Isaac Grist, Mark Alexander, Samuel Purviance, Jon., Francis Sanderson, John Boyd, George Lindenberger, Isaac Vanbibber, Philip Rogers, David McMeehen, Mordecai Grist, and John Deaver.

HUNDREDS.

PATAPSCO, LOWER: Charles Ridgely and Thomas Sollers.

PATAPSCO, UPPER: Zachariah McCubbin, Charles Ridgely, Son of William, and Thomas Lloyd.

BACK-RIVE'R, UPPER: Samuel Worthington, Benjamin Nicholson, T. C. Deye, John Cradock, Darby Lux, and William Randall.

BACK-RIVER, LOWER: John Mercer and Job Garretson.

MIDDLE-RIVER, UPPER: Nicholas Merryman and William Worthington.

MIDDLE-RIVER, LOWER: H. D. Gough and Walter Tolley, Sen.

SOLDIERS' DELIGHT: George Risteau, John Howard, Thomas Gist, Sen.,Thomas Worthington, Nathan Cromwell, and Nicholas Jones.

MIDDLESEX: Thomas Johnson and Maybury Helm.

DELAWARE: John Walsh, Rezin Hammond, and JohnElder.

NORTH: Jeremiah Johnson and Elisha Dorsey.

PIPE-CREEK: Richard Richards, Frederick Dicker, and Mordecai Hammond.

GUNPOWDER, UPPER: Walter Tolley, Jun., James Gittings, and Thomas Franklin.

MINE-RUN: Dixon Stansbury, Jun., and Josias Slade.

Resolved, That the same, or any seven of them, have power to act in matters within the Town of Baltimore, and that any five may act in matters without the said Town, in the said County.

Resolved, That T. C. Deye, Captain Charles Ridgely, Walter Tolly, Jun., Benjamin Nicholson, Samuel Worthington, John Moale, Doctor John Boyd, and William Buchanan, or any three of them, be a Committee to attend the General Meeting at Annapolis, on Monday, the 24th of this month.

Resolved, That Robert Alexander, Samuel Purviance, Jun., Andrew Buchanan, Doctor John Boyd, John Moale, Jeremiah Townley Chase, William Buchanan, and William Lux, be a Committee of Correspondence for Baltimore County and Baltimore Town, and that any four of them have power to act.

At a meeting of the Committee of Baltimore Town, at Daniel Grant's, this 5th December, 1774:

Present: Samuel Puryianee, William Smith, James Calhoun, William Spear, Herenles Courtenay, William Buchanan, Robert Alexander, John Smith, Major Thomas Franklin, Andrew Buchanan, Thomas Harrison, Mark Alexander, John Boyd, John Moale, Gerard Hopkins, George Lindenhergor, Francis Sanderson, and David McMeehon.

This Committee made choice of Samuel Purviance, as Chairman, and William Smith, as a Deputy-Chairman, to be continued as such; and they also chose Doctor John Boyd, as Clerk.

On motion, the following question was put: Whether a Vessel arriving within the Capes of Chesapeake, on or before the first of December, be an importation within the first Resolve of the Congress, or not ?

Resolved in the affirmative, 13—3.

Captain Charles Reiley, of the Ship Charles, from Liverpool, appeared before the Committee, and declared, on oath, that he was, on the 30th of November, at half-past one o'clock, abreast of Cape-Henry, and that he came to an anchor the same day in Lynhaven-Bay. He declares that he had no goods on board but Salt, Coal, Cordage, and Linens; and that he did not lade or bring in any Tea.

The Committee are of opinion that this is an importation within the terms of their Resolve.

A Letter from the Committee of Harford to this Committee, desiring information concerning a Chest of Tea, sold by Joseph Magoffin to Robert Trimble, being laid before us, Mr. Magoffin appeared, and declared, on oath, that he received it from Philadelphia, and had reason to think, and verily believed, the same never paid duty in America; which being deemed satisfactory, it was directed to inform the Committee of Harford thereof.

At a meeting of the Committee of Baltimore County, held at Mr. Grant's, December 7, 1774:

Present: Samuel Purviance, Chairman, William Smith, Deputy-Cliairman, Philip Rogers, J. T. Chase, John Deaver, Mark Alexander, Francis Sanderson, George Lindenberger, William Buchanan, Richard Moale, Nicholas Jones, Maybury Helme, Hercules Courtenay, Robert Alexander, Darby Lux, Benjamin Griffith, Job Garretson, George Woolsey, James Calhoun, William Lux, Isaac Grist, John Boyd, Clerk.

Captain James Thomas, of the Ship William, from Bristol, appeared before the Committee, and declared, on oath, that he arrived within the Capes of Chesapeake-Bay on the 30th day of November last past, and that he has not imported himself, nor is there, to the best of his knowledge, any East-India Tea on board his ship. The Captain at the same time produced his Log-Book, which corresponded with his declaration aforesaid; respecting the time of his arrival in the Bay.

The following gentlemen, importers of goods in said ship, appeared before the Committee, and made oath that they had not imported any East-India Tea in said ship: William Smith, James Cheston, David Mitchell, William Neill, Christopher Johnston, and David McLure.

Captain Robert Johnston, of the Ship Elizabeth, from Londonderry, having arrived in Chesapeake-Bay after the first day of December, appeared before the Committee, and declared, on oath, that there is not at present, nor has he imported in said ship, goods of any kind for sale, except seven pieces of Irish Bagging, being his own private adventure, which he engages to deliver into the hands of Mr. Hercules Courtenay and Captain George Woolsey, who are appointed by the Committee to receive and sell them at publick vendue, and, after paying the said Captain the first cost and charges of said goods, out of the produce of the sales, the remainder, if any, to be accounted for to the Committee by Messrs. Courtenay and Woolsey, and applied by the Committee to the purposes in that case recommended by the Continental Congress.

A complaint having been laid before the Committee by John Cannon and others, against Alexander McLure, and Goodwin & Russell, that they had raised the price of certain goods by them sold, contrary to the Association of