" WiiEUKA.s attempts may be made to promote dis- " cord among the Inhabitants of this Colony, and to " assist and aid the Ministerial Army and Navy, in " their endeavours to carry into execution the cruel and "oppressive Acts of Parliament, against the Rights " and liberties of the Inhabitants of this Continent:

" And as the immutable laws of self-defence and

' Tims priuteil in tlie oflicial copy of thu Juunml llie Pruvimuil Cmigrem.

- Tliosc who simll ilpsiro to li^arn mure of that Brookliavi-n iimtt(;r may bo gratified by a perusjil of (iaiut!*8 yeic-Yitrk ituzette nnd Mfrmrij^ No. 1217, New- York, Monday, February ('>, 1775 ; of a Letter from Mujor liei^umin Fliii/tl ami ntJicrs to Janu'x HirinijtoH^ " Ukook-ma VEN, Sl'f'- " roi.K-couNTT, Nkw-Vohk, March l!, 177.'>," {Uiriaijionn Xcw-York duzelleer, No. 10:i, New- York, 'rinirs<iay, .\pril (>, 177") ;) aiid of a berttirnlum of the Iithaltitaiits of lirook-ltitre» , Sujfitlk-countlf, \ew VorA", **BrooK* " Haven, Jlarch 10, 177.'>," ((Jaiiie's .Vi ir- IV.ri llnzetle : anil the Weekli/ Mrriurii, No, 122:t, New-Y'obk, Monday, JIarch 2(1. 177,5.)

3 JoiiriKi/ <>/ (Ae Prorincuil Congresx, "Die Veneris, 9 ho. .\.M., .\ugU8t " nth, 177,5."

' Joiininl of the Prorinciiit Couijmx, " Die Sabbati, 9 lio. .V.M., .\iigU8t " 26th, 1775."

" preservation justify every reasonable measure en- " tered into, to counteract or frustrate such attempts : " Therefore,

" Resolv KD, That if any person or persons shall be "found guilty, before the Committee of any City "or County, of attempting, (after the date of this "Resolution,) to furnish the Ministerial Army or "Navy with Provisions or other necessaries, contrary "to the Resolutions of the Continental or of this " Congress ; ^ or of holding a correspondence, by letter "or otherwise, for the purpose of giving information " to the said Army or Navy, of the measures pursued " by the United Colonies or any of them ; " or of ad- " vising ex|)edicnts which the said Army or Navy " might or ought to pursue, against the said Colonies