Resolved, therefore, That it be, and it is hereby, recommended to the Committees of the several Towns, Cities, Manors, Precincts, and Districts, in this Colony, to cause to be apprehended and brought before them all such persons as are above described, and that they cause them to be sent, under safe guard, to some Jail or other place of security in this Colony; and the said Committees are hereby empowered to order the Officers of the Militia, in their respective Districts, to carry this Resolution into effectual execution.

Whereas there is great reason to apprehend that an attack will soon be made upon this City; and whereas, during the tumult and confusion incident upon such attack, it may be difficult to assemble a sufficient number of Members to form a Congress; and whereas the Minutes and other necessary publick Papers and Records of this Colony ought to be removed from this City; and whereas the present or future Congress of this Colony, as well by reason of the removal of the Papers aforesaid, as for other causes and considerations, will be unable to deliberate and determine in this City on the several important matters submitted to their consideration:

Resolved, therefore, That the Treasurer and Secretaries of this Congress be, and they hereby are, directed forthwith to repair, with all and singular the publick Papers and Money now in their custody or possession, unto the White -Plains, in the County of Westchester; and that this Congress be, and it hereby is, adjourned unto the Court-House in the White-Plains aforesaid, there to meet on Tuesday, the 2d day of July next, and proceed upon business; and that the next Congress of this Colony do meet at the same place on Monday, the 8th day of July aforesaid, unless otherwise ordered by this Congress.

Debates arose, and the question being put, it was carried in the affirmative, in manner following, that is to say:

For the Question.	Against the Question.
4 Westchester,	3 Orange,
5 Dutchess,	2 King’s.
4 Ulster,	—
3 Tryon,	5 votes.
2 Charlotte,
2 Cumberland.
20 votes.

Ordered, That all the Lead, Powder, and other Military Stores belonging to this State, and now in the custody of Richard Norwood and Colonel Peter T. Curtenius, at the City of New-York, be forthwith removed from hence to the White-Plains, and placed there in such safe place and secured in such manner as Mr. Zebediah Mills shall order and direct; and the Committee of the County of Westchester are requested to afford him all necessary aid in executing this business, and (if he should think it expedient) to order detachments from Captain Townshend’s Company to guard the said stores.

Ordered, That Mr. Mills be, and he hereby is, empowered to impress Teams, Carriages, and Boats, for the purpose aforesaid.

Ordered, That the Treasurer pay Mr. Mills fifty dollars, to defray the expenses which may attend executing the order aforesaid, he accounting therefor to this Convention.

NORTH-CAROLINA COUNCIL OF SAFETY.

NORTH-CAROLINA:

The Provincial Congress having by Resolve nominated the following persons to be a Council of Safety, to wit:

Willie Jones, Esq.

Cornelius Harnett, Samuel Ashe, Esqs., for the District of Wilmington.

Thomas Jones, Whitmill Hill, Esqs., for the District of Edenton.

James Coor, John Simpson, Esqs., for the District of Newbern.

Thomas Eaton, Joseph John Williams, Esqs., for the District of Halifax.

Thomas Person, John Rand, Esqs., for the District of Hills-borough.

Hezekiah Alexander, William Sharp, Esqs., for the District of Salisbury.

Pursuant to which, Cornelius Harnett, Samuel Ashe, Whitmill Hill, James Coor, John Simpson, Joseph John Williams, Hezekiah Alexander, and William Sharp, Esqs., met at the Town of Wilmington, on the 5th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, subscribed the Test, and took their seats in Council.

The Council proceeded to the choice of a President, when Cornelius Harnett, Esq., was unanimously chosen; and James Glasgow and James Green, Jun., were appointed Secretaries.

Adjourned till to-morrow morning, eight o’clock.

Thursday, June 6, 1776.

Met according to adjournment.

Brigadier-General Ashe informed the Council that there are a number of outlying malcontents in the County of Bladen, who were desirous of returning home, and submitting themselves to the determination of the said Council.

Resolved, That all such outlying malcontents in the said County as have been concerned in the late insurrection, and will take an oath before the Chairman of the Committee to submit themselves to such Regulations as are or may be established for the government of this Colony, and when required will take up arms in defence thereof, shall be permitted to return to their respective habitations unmolested.

Resolved, That Robert Rayford and Abraham Daws be appointed Adjutants to the two Battalions of the Militia Brigade now at Wilmington, under the command of Brig. General Ashe, and that they be allowed 7s. 6d. per day each.

Resolved, That . . . . . . . . . be appointed Surgeon to the two Battalions of the Militia Brigade now at Wilmington under the command of Brigadier-General Ashe.

Resolved, That Alexander Martin, Esq., Colonel of the Second Regiment of North-Carolina Continental Troops, be directed to borrow the sum of £2,000 for the use of his Regiment, and that he supply the Captains of each Company with their proportion of the said sum, in part pay of the Soldiers under their command, and that this Council will give a draft on the Paymaster to replace the said money to the person or persons from whom the same may be borrowed.

Resolved, That James Grant be appointed Messenger and Doorkeeper to the Council of Safety.

Resolved, That Mr. Joseph Palmer be appointed Ensign in Captain William Caswell’s Company, in the fifth Regiment of Foot of the American Army of this Province, in the room of John Bush, resigned.

Resolved, That Mr. Benjamin Pike be appointed First Lieutenant in Captain George Mitchell’s Company, in the Sixth Regiment of Foot in the American Army of this Province, in the room of Amos Love, resigned.

Resolved, That Mr. Samuel Martin be appointed Second Lieutenant, and Mr. Samuel Jones Ensign, in said Captain George Mitchell’s Company, in the room of Benjamin Pike, advanced, and Reuben Grant, resigned.

Resolved, That Mr. William Lyttle be appointed Second Lieutenant, in the room of Samuel Thompson, resigned, and Mr. William Green Ensign, in the room of Mr. William Lyttle, advanced, in Captain Archibald Lyttle’s Company, in the Sixth Regiment of Foot of the American Army of this Province.

Resolved, That Aaron Haskins be appointed Captain, Mr. Exper Kilbey Lieutenant, and Mr. Robert Nixon Ensign, of the New Topsail Company of Militia in New-Hanover County.

Resolved, That Thomas Evans, William Tyler Kilbey, and John Jacobs, be appointed Ensigns in the Second Regiment of Foot of the American Army of this Province.

Adjourned till to-morrow morning, nine o’clock.

Friday, June 7, 1776.

Met according to adjournment.

Resolved, That the Treasurers, or either of them, place in the hands of Mr. John Eason, of Carteret County, for the immediate use of carrying on a Salt-Work in the said County, the sum of £500, to be paid to Mr. Robert Williams