History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
" 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
f*Th(! Provincial Congress not only had passod no RfHoIutioMK prohibiting the supply of '* tlie ]\IiniKteriaI .\nny and Navy with i)r(ivi8ion» or other " necessarii'K," thereby, even from the revolutionary standpoint, leaving that bnsuu'KS open lo \vlitinisoe\er might endtark in it ; imt, on the nn.)rning of the tlay <)n wliicli this enactment was made, it gave its ofTicial sjinction to the supply of the Asiti, man-of-war, with Uh necessary supplies, from the City of New York, and with water and beer, from Brooklyn, all ()f them by .Vbraliaiu Lett, the oflicial .\gent-victualler " for His Majesty's Ships in this Port," (Jnitninl nf the I\oriurU\l Conijrrss^ " Die Veneris, U lio., A.M., September 1st, 1775.") Four days afterwards. Doctor McLean was authorized to supply the same ship, with Drugs ami Medicines, as he had previously done, (Jmirnnl nf the C'onniiilter of Siifet;/^ "Die Martis, '.I ho., .V.M., Septendier .jth, 1775.") On the twenty-ninth ^)f .lanuary, 177li, William .Mien had permission to go on board the .IsiVi, to measure the men for shoes, and to make and deliver a hundreil liaii"s, if so many should bo needed. {Jonnitil of the Committee of Sofefif, "Die Luna', 10 ho., .\.M., January 29tli, 177(5. ') On the sixteenth of February, 17715, Henry White was permitted to supply the Asui and the PhieiiLr with fresh provisions and vegetables. {Jotmiol of the l\oviiiciiil CoiKjrexx, ' Die Veneris, 10 ho., A.M., February Kith, 177G.")