especially such as have relations or connexions among the enemy.

Adjourned to three o’clock, afternoon, on Monday next.

Monday, July 29, 1776.

Met according to adjournment.

Jacob Wardell, Joseph Wardell, and Peter Wardell, persons apprehended by a detachment of the Monmouth Militia on account of furnishing the enemy with Provision, were brought before the House, and witnesses examined in support of the charge:

Ordered, That the determination thereof be deferred till to-morrow.

Ordered, (upon the complaint and representation of the Committee of the Western Precinct of Somerset County,) That Joseph Stockton be committed to the common Jail of Somerset, the keeper whereof is hereby commanded to receive him into his custody, and to keep him in close confinement until the further order of this Convention, or future Legislature of this State.

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

Tuesday, July 30, 1776.

Met according to adjournment.

Convention resumed the consideration of the charge against Jacob Wardell, Joseph Wardell, and Peter Wardell; and, after some time spent therein,

Ordered, That Jacob Wardell be committed to the custody of the Sheriff of Monmouth, to be by him safely kept until discharged by this Convention, or delivered by due course of law.

Ordered, That Joseph Wardell and Peter Wardell be discharged on giving bond, each, with security, in the sum of £500, for their future good behaviour, and for their appearance when called upon by the Convention, or future Legislature of this State. The County Committee of Monmouth are directed to take the said bond, and to judge of the security.

Ordered, That Jacob Wardell pay £28 7s. 11d., Proclamation money, being the expense of apprehending and bringing him before this Convention, and conducting him to the Sheriff of Monmouth.

The Committee to whom was referred the Letter from the Committee of Newark respecting the building or purchase of four Gondolas or Row-Galleys, to ply between the mouths of Passaick and Hackinsack Rivers and Perth-Amboy, made Report; which was read, and ordered a second reading.

Ordered, That Thomas Hutton be employed, at the rate of one Dollar a day, to search for Lead and Sulphur Mines, and Flint Quarries, and make report in three weeks.

Adjourned to three o’clock, afternoon.

Met pursuant to adjournment.

The Committee appointed to examine into the state of the Eastern Treasury, made report, that, including the money by them received at Trenton, as by their former Report, they had received in the whole from John Smyth, Esq., the late Treasurer, the sum of £6,101 2s., Proclamation money, besides a bag, sealed, said to contain £4,819 5s. 9d., like money, of bills cancelled; all which they have deposited in the hands of the Honourable John Stevens, Esq., to be by him kept in the Province chest, agreeable to the order of this Convention, as by his receipts appears; and that by the accounts of Mr. Smyth herewith exhibited, there appears to be due from Mr. Smyth to the State a further balance of £930 6s. 6d., like money, exclusive of Loan-Office money not yet signed or disposed of.

Ordered, That the said Report be received, and the Accounts filed.

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

Wednesday, July 31, 1776.

Met according to adjournment.

Ordered, That Chevalier Jouet have leave, on his parole, drawn in the usual manner, and on giving bond, with security, in the sum of £1,000, for the faithful performance of his parole, to remove to the dwelling-house of Mr. White, Innkeeper, in Barnard’s Town, in the County of Somerset, and there, or within a circle of four miles thereof, remain, and not depart the said bounds unless with leave of this Convention, or the future Legislature of this State.

Ordered, That a copy of the following Letter be signed by the Vice-President, and sent to Colonel Wetherill:

SIR: The Convention lately entered into certain Resolves, requiring the immediate detaching a brigade of two thousand of the Militia of this State to join the Flying-Camp; a copy of which has been transmitted to you.

The present alarming exigencies require the utmost despatch in this service; we are perfectly at a loss for your reasons in not exerting yourself in making the detachment ordered from your Regiment; and we must desire you will explicitly inform us thereof by the bearer.

Letter from the Convention of the State of New-York, enclosing the Affidavit of Balthazar De Hart, Esq., respecting certain inhabitants of that State, who have either given countenance and aid to our enemies, or have deserted its defence at this dangerous crisis; read and filed.

Adjourned to three o’clock, afternoon.

Met according to adjournment.

This Convention having heard the charges exhibited against Christopher Vaught, John Vaught, Joseph Lee, Thomas Buskirk, Philip Cool, William Thatcher, Christopher Diltz, and Frederick Frittz, disaffected and dangerous persons, apprehended by order of Convention, and considered the several matters alleged and proved relative to the said charges,

Do Order and Resolve, That Christopher Vaught be fined in the sum of £ 100, John Vaught in the sum of £ 100, Joseph Lee in the sum of £ 100, Thomas Buskirk in the sum of £12, Philip Cool in the sum of £72, William Thatcher in the sum of £60, Christopher Diltz in the sum of £10, and Frederick Frittz in the sum of £73, Proclamation money; and that the above persons be committed until they pay, or give security for the payment of the sums in which they are respectively amerced.

Ordered, That the above Fines be appropriated towards defraying the costs and expenses which accrued in apprehending and bringing the said disaffected persons to justice.

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

Thursday, August 1, 1776.

Met according to adjournment.

A Letter from the Rev. Mr. Odell, praying, for certain reasons, that he may be excused from signing the parole heretofore ordered, and offering a new parole, binding himself not to hold any political correspondence with the enemy, or to furnish them with provisions or intelligence; read. Whereupon, the Convention having taken the same into consideration,

Ordered, That Mr. Odell sign the original parole sent to the Committee of Burlington.

The Report of the Committee to whom was referred the Letter from the Committee of Newark respecting the building or purchase of Gondolas, &c.; read the second time.

Ordered, That the same be referred to the Continental Congress, and that Mr. Ogden and Mr. Sergeant draft a Letter for that purpose.

Ordered, That Mr. Camp, Mr. Hand, and Mr. Holme, be a Committee to settle the Accounts and pay the several detachments of Militia of this State which were lately called out at the requisition of General Washington; that they immediately advertise their appointment; and that they, or any one of them, have power to draw for the money needed upon the Treasurers, who are required to pay the same.

Adjourned to three o’clock, afternoon.

Met according to adjournment.

On motion, Resolved, That Thomas Skinner and Isaac Bonnell, Esquires, be released from their present parole, and be entitled to all the rights and immunities of others; the good subjects of this State, on taking an Oath, the Test which is inserted in the Election Ordinance.

Ordered, That Mr. Linn be added to the Committee appointed to settle and pay the Accounts of the several detachments of Militia, &c.

Resolved, That it be recommended to the County Committee of Monmouth, and to the several Township Committees