J " Re.solvfi), that this Committee recommend to the hoiible the Con- 'veution of this State the reasonableness of increasing the .Subsistance ' Money for Capt" Townsend's ('ompaiiy as they are of opinion that 8s 'per week per Man is not a sufficient provision for them.

"By order of the Committee,

".TipiiN Tho.mas, .Ji'N', CV/(in-THaH." "Juiinml of the Committee of Safety, "i ho., P.M., Deer. 7, 1776." ^ Vide pages 149, lOU, ante.

Samuel Howell, Uriah Travis, Ju., Jonathan Finch, John Travis, James Miller, Jun', Zechejis Dilile, Absolim Hiitchiiis, Daniel J>eau, Jeremiah liit/.elle, John Mills, Jereiliab Owen, Benjamin fretenboroiigh, Thomas Ramond, John Broadstreot, Samuel Miller, Robert Merritt.

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1774-1783.

" our time, for we grow weary of being called together "to deal with tories. That has been our whole busi- " nesss ever since we have been formed as a Commit- " tee ; it has cost me, in particular, not less than six " luuuired milcn riding, and I bc^lieve, at a moderate "guess, twenty or thirty dollars in cash, and I never " yet expected pay ; but I find 1 cant live so, and if " the tories make all the trouble, why ought they not " to pay all the cost, ttcutlemen, we only want or- " ders from you to take it. We have sent Mr. Ben. " Chapman to you, praying of you to send us some di- " rections on this important affair, one of the mem- " bers of this Committee.