but his district being thought rather too extensive, the Committee thought it necessary to appoint Jesse Hollings-wortk and George Patten to assist him in the arrangement of the Watch.

The Committee then determined that the said Watch shall consist of sixteen persons, under the direction of a Captain, to be appointed for the night, and that they patrol the streets from ten o'clock at night until day-light the next morning, and that the Companies take it in rotation.

The Committee being applied to by Melchior Keener, with a Letter from the Committee of Marblehead, setting forth that they were in great want of Flour, and requesting liberty to load Captain Nathaniel Cook, of the Schooner Elizabeth, for that port, were of opinion that they ought to be relieved; and leave was accordingly given.

Messrs. Rezin Hammond and John Welsh, having been summoned to attend the Committee this day, to answer a complaint exhibited against them for dissuading the people from mustering, applied by letter, and excused themselves from personal attendance on account of the stale of their health, at the same time declaring they were now ready to join their countrymen for the preservation of their liberties; and had sent eight Pounds eight Shillings, being the subscription for Delaware Hundred. But the said Letter not being deemed sufficient, they are directed to attend on Monday, the 17th July, and notice was accordingly sent them.

A Letter from Mr. James Christie, directed to the Committee, and requesting that the complaint exhibited against him might be immediately inquired into, as he was obliged to go out of Town, was laid before them and considered; but as the evidences had departed, it was deferred to Monday, the 17th July, at which time he had notice to attend; and H. D. Gough, Esq., was also desired to attend as an evidence against him.

Messrs. John Howard and Thomas Cradock, applied for two hundred pounds Gunpowder for Soldiers' Delight Hundred; and an order was given on Mr. Andrew Buchanan for the same, who is to receive thirty Pounds in payment therefor.

At a meeting of the Committee, July 3, 1775: Present, Mr. Samuel Purviance, Chairman, and thirty Members; William Lux, Secretary.

Captain John Parker, of the Ship Aston Hall, from London; Captain Nicholas Fortune, of the Snow Catharine, from Youghall; and Captain Richard Curtis, of the Brig Curtis, from Waterford, severally appeared, reported their vessels, and took the Oath,

A Letter from the Committee of Observation for Kent County, to the Chairman of this Committee, complaining of Mr. James Christie for selling Osnaburghs above the advance directed by the Provincial Convention, was laid before the Committee, but Mr. Christie being absent from Town, the consideration thereof was deferred to the 17th instant, when he is to attend on complaints of a similar nature.

A Letter from Henry Lloyd, Agent for the Contractors for supplying the Troops at Boston, to Doctor John Stevenson, being fallen into the hands of the Committee, was read, and is as follows:

"Boston, May 17, 1775.

" SIR: The stoppage of provisions from the Southern Governments for the use of His Majesty's troops, makes it necessary to endeavour to get a supply by concealing from the publick eye the destination of provisions shipped for that purpose. I shall, therefore, propose, for your consideration, the following method of doing it. Cannot a vessel be freighted with flour for the West-Indies, commanded by a person you can confide in, who will execute your orders to him to come into this port and deliver his cargo here, instead of going to the West-Indies. You may take up a vessel as large as two hundred tons, and give her a full freight. I should send you bills on the Contractors to execute this plan, or advise you to draw on them for the amount of what you may ship to me in this way, but the negotiation of such bills might discover your plan and defeat it, so that I should be glad you would advise me of some friend of yours, and when I am made acquainted with his name, and the sum you shall draw for, will send to him from hence, my bills on the Contractors for the amount you advise me of. You will please, likewise, to give the Contractors timely notice, that they may insure their interest if they think proper, and inform me of the name of the vessel and master you engage, that I may lodge a permit at the Light-house in this harbour, for admission to come up to the town and discharge her cargo here. Pray let the flour you purchase be such as will keep over the summer, and let the casks be good, well hooped, and the heads well secured with lining hoops.

" You will be careful to write me by a safe conveyance, that your letter may not fall into the hands of the Provincials.

" I am, sir, your most humble servant,

" HENRY LLOYD.

"To Doctor John Stevenson."

The Committee sent for Doctor Stevenson, and having shown him the Letter, he made the following declaration:

"I believe the within Letter to be Mr. Henry Lloyd's writing, and I declare that I have never received any copy of it, nor any other Letter to that purport; and I further declare, that if the Letter had come to my hands, I would not have executed the order, nor will I execute any order of the kind from any person whatever, contrary to the Resolves of the Continental Congress, or Provincial Convention

"JOHN STEVENSON."

On motion, Resolved, That Henry Lloyd, of Boston, has knowingly and wilfully violated the Association of the American Congress, by endeavouring to supply the enemies of this country with Provisions; and that, agreeable to the Resolutions of the said Congress, it is the duty of us, and all our constituents, from henceforth, not to have any commercial intercourse with him; and it is recommended that an inviolable regard be paid to this Resolution.

The Committee having received information that the Ship Johnson, from Liverpool, with a cargo of Salt and Dry-Goods, arrived a few days ago in Wye-River, and that several other ships, with similar cargoes, may daily be expected from Liverpool in this Bay,

It is, therefore, unanimously Resolved, That if any Pilot, Craftsman, or others, shall be found assisting in the conveyance or introduction of any goods or merchandise, contrary to the direction of the Congress, or in receiving on shore, or unloading from any vessel, any goods which may have been ordered out of the Port, such persons shall be deemed enemies to the liberties of America, and will be held forth to the resentment of the publick; and if any person privy to such measures will disclose them, they shall receive the thanks of the Committee as real friends to their country.

The Committee directed the aforegoing Resolution to be published in Handbills, and that one of said Handbills be delivered to the several Pilots attending this Port.

Messrs. Isaac Vanbibber, Isaac Grist, Samuel Davy, Thomas Elliot, George Woolsey, Benjamin Levy, David Stewart, and William Neilt, or any two or more of them, are appointed a Committee to apply to every Vessel arriving within this Port, and to secure any Gunpowder they may have on board.

Mr. John McLure having applied for payment of a parcel of Gunpowder furnished the Committee, and there not being a sufficient sum yet paid in:

Ordered, That a sum sufficient to pay him be taken out of the Arms and Ammunition Fund; and that the same be replaced out of the Money raised for that purpose, when paid in by the County Committee.

At a meeting of the Committee, July 10, 1775: Present, Mr. William Smith, in the Chair, and nineteen Members.

The following Masters of Vessels appeared, reported, and took the Oath, viz:

James Thomas, of the Ship Isabella, from Bristol; Robert Callow, of the Brig Escape, from Milford; Joseph Richardson, of the Ship Camden, from London; Nicholas Howard, of the Sloop Delight, from St. Croix.