1 Charles Loe, the second ill command in the Continental Army, had not, then, laid his vvell-devisod "Plan" before General Howe; General Samuel H. Parsons had not yet commoncod tho supply of information concerning projected military movements, etc., through '"Squire " Heron," to Sir Henry Clinton ; Israel Putnam had not yet led Kobort B. Livingston to "question" "his very fidelity;" and Benedict Arnold, maddened by wrongs imposed on him, had not yet commenced his correspondence with John Andre.

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"they shall be committed to close confinement, at " their respective expense. 3 And, in case any of the " said Committees are unable to carry this or any "Resolution into execution, they are hereby directed " to apply to the next County Committee or command- " ing Officer of the Militia, or to the Congress or the " Committee of Safety of this Colony, for necessary "assistance, as the case may require.* But if it " shall so happen that any violators of this Resolu- " tion shall reside in a County where there is no " Committee of the County, in that case, the matter " shall be triable before the Committee of the next "County: Provided that no person shall be tried "before the General Committee of the City and " County of New York, upon the Resolutions herein " contained, unless the stated quorum be present ; "and in the City and County of Albany, unless " there are present twenty-five members.