January 30, 1775.

SIR: Mr. Merryman having reported to the Committee, that you refuse to pay the two per cent, advance which you agreed to give on your goods, without having a copy of the minute of our proceedings on that subject certified and delivered to you, or a receipt, I am directed to inform you, that, as soon as the money is paid, you shall have a certified copy of their proceedings. I am further directed to inform you, that they are sorry to have reason of complaint that you should discover so much inclination to recede from a measure which you agreed to with so much seeming satisfaction, and that they hope you will not oblige them to take such steps in the discharge of their trust from the publick as may, in their consequence, prove injurious or disagreeable to you.

SAMUEL PURVIASCE, Jun., Chairman.

To Mr. James Christie.

After which the meeting was adjourned to three o'clock, P. M

Committee met at three o'clock, P. M.

Mr. James Christie paid into the Committee the sum of thirty-four Pounds ten Shillings and eight Pence, the two per cent, advance on the sales of the Goods in the Sims, Captain Hocker, which was, by the Treasurer, credited to the account of the Poor of Boston, agreeable to the Resolve of the Continental Congress.

A certified copy of the Proceedings relative to Mr. Christie's Goods, was made out and enclosed to him, signed by the Clerk.

Mr. Chase being absent, Robert Alexander was appointed Clerk for this meeting.

Resolved, That an Association against the killing of Mutton be drawn up, agreeable to the Resolve of the Provincial Convention, and that the same be delivered to the Clerk of the Market, that the same may be by him presented to the different Butchers to be signed.

ROBERT ALEXANDER, Clerk

At a meeting of the Committee of Observation for Baltimore County, on Thursday, the 2d February, 1775:

Present: Samuel Purviance, Chairman, Jeremiah Townley Chase, Clerk, John Boyd, John Smith, Robert Alexander, William Buchanan, James Calhoun, David McMechen, William Spear, Isaac Grist, John Cradock.

Captain John Watson, of the Ship Britannia, from Glasgow, appeared, and reported, on oath, that he hath imported in said ship the following Goods, viz: Two bales, two casks, and one package, marked J. T., Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, for Mr. John Tennant, of Nanticoke, and consigned to Capt. McGahen; also, two bales, two boxes, and one small bundle, marked J. J., JVos. 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, belonging to Mr. James Jeffries; and five puncheons of Rum, marked G. P., Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and two casks of Fish, marked M. T., Nos. 1 and 2, addressed to Mr. Thomas Ewing.

Capt. Thomas Moore, of the Brig Fortune, from Jamaica, appeared, and reported, on oath, that he has imported in said vessel, forty hogsheads of Molasses, five barrels of Coffee, three hundred Hides, and five bags of Cotton.

At a meeting of the Committee of Observation, on Friday, the 3d of February, 1775:

Present: Samuel Purviance, Chairman, Andrew Buchanan, Isaac Grist, Richard Moale, Thomas Ewing, Hercules Courtenay, Archibald Buchanan, John Merryman, George Mathews, William Spear, John Smith, William Buchanan, Thomas Harrison, John Boyd, Jeremiah Townley Chase, Robert Alexander, William Smith.

Captain Richard Jackson, of the Brig Sally-Van, from Jamaica, appeared, and reported, on oath, that his cargo consisted of one hundred and forty-four casks of Rum, seven hogsheads of Sugar, six bags of Cotton, and three hundred and one Hides.

Captain William Knapp, of the Brig Woodbridge, from Guadaloupe, appeared, and reported his cargo, on oath, as follows, viz: Two hundred and seventy-nine casks of Molasses, two hogsheads and two barrels of Sugars.

The Committee being satisfied that the Molasses and Coffee imported in Captain Moore, from Jamaica, were shipped in consequence of orders given before the Resolves of the Continental Congress were known, the same were set up to sale, and struck off at three Pounds seven Shillings and six Pence more than the first cost, which was paid by Mr. Ridley and Mr. Crockett.

The Goods marked J. T., Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, imported from Glasgow, in the Britannia, Captain Watson, belonging to John Tennant, were delivered to Alexander Cowan, with a Letter for the Committee of Dorchester County concerning the said Goods.

The Goods marked J. J., imported in the said ship, being shipped in consequence of orders sent by James Jeffries, before the 1st of June last, the same were set up at first cost and charges, and ten Shillings being bid thereon, the same was struck off to Mr. Jeffries, who paid the same to the Treasurer.

John Hudson, master of the Ship Totncss, from Liverpool, appeared, and reported his cargo, on oath, as follows, viz: Four thousand four hundred and seventy-six bushels of Salt, and fifty crates of Earthern-Ware.

The said Goods were struck off to Mr. Place at first cost and charges.

The Goods marked G. P., Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, and M. T., Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, imported in the Ship Brittania, Captain Watson, from Glasgow, were struck off to Mr. Thomas Ewing at first cost and charges.

William Burke, owner of the Schooner Unity, from Santa Cruz, appeared, and reported the cargo of said Schooner, on oath, as follows, viz: Forty hogsheads of Sugar, a parcel of Coffee, and six cases or Gih.

At a meeting of the Committee of Baltimore County, February 8, 1775:

Present: Samuel Purviance, Chairman, Benjamin Griffith, John Deaver, Isaac Grist, John Merryman, William Buchanan, Mark Alexander, Job Garretson.

Captain John Bracket, of the Sloop Grampus, from the West-Indies, appeared, and reported his cargo, consisting of thirty hogsheads Rum, and eight barrels of Sugar, and made oath, that he has not imported in said vessel any Dry Goods of British or Irish manufacture, nor any India Tea for sale.

Captain Joseph Proctor, of the Schooner Dolphin, from Marblehead, appeared, and reported, on oath, his cargo consisting of a parcel of coarse Salt only.

At a meeting of the Committee of Observation on Monday, February 13, 1775:

Present: Samuel Purviancs, Chairman, William Spear, William Buchanan, James Sterrett, James Calhoun, George Lindenherger, Benjamin Griffith, John Boyd, Clerk.

The Committee having received a Letter from Joseph Reed, Esq., Chairman of the Committee of Philadelphia, informing that certain Goods imported since the 1st of December, by way of New- York, addressed to Mr. James Jeffries, of this Town, marked J. J., being seven casks, four bales, and one bundle, were forwarded by Mr. Trumbull, of Philadelphia, to said James Jaffrays, who came before this Committee, and made it appear that the Goods were ordered last spring, it was determined that they be set up to sale at first cost and charges, which being done, they were sold to M r. Jeffries at ten Shillings advance on the first cost and charges, and the money paid into the hands of the Treasurer.

At a meeting of the Committee, on Monday, the 20th, adjourned till Wednesday, February 23, 1775:

Present: Samuel Purviance, Chairman, James Sterrett, William Spear, George Woolsey, John Merryman, William Smith, John Smith.

Captain Mason, of the Brig Nabby, from Salem, New-England, appeared, and reported, on oath, that he has imported in said vessel about fifty casks of Rujn, twenty casks of Molasses, and two casks of women's Shoes of American manufacture; and further made oath that he imported no Tea for sale.

Captain William Jones, of the Schooner Nancy, from Santa-Cruz, reports, on oath, that he has imported in said vessel seven casks of Sugar and twenty-four casks of Coffee; and, further, that he hath not imported in said vessel any India Tea or any Goods of British manufacture, for sale.