Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution

'*' Resolved, That the Committee of the County " ' of Westchester be requested to take effectual " ' means to prevent the sale and transportation of "'any barrelled Beef or Pork out of Westchester- '" county, to any person or persons residing out of " ' this Colony, until the further order of the Provin- " ' cial Congress or of the Committee of Safety of this " ' Colony.'

" A draft of a letter to the Committee of West-

" chester-county was read and approved of, and is in

" the words following, to wit :

" ' Gentlemen :

" ' We have been informed by a Gentleman

" ' from your County, that some of the inhabitants of

a Journal of the Committee of Safety, " Die Subbati, i ho., P.M., February 10, 1776."

WESTCHESTEE COUNTY.

" ' your County are disposing of their barrelled Beef " ' and Pork, to persona out of the Colony. We ap- " ' prehend that such Provisions will be wanted for "'the use of the Continental Army in this Colony, " ' and that the service may possibly suffer if all the " ' barrelled Provisions are taken out of the Colony. " ' We therefore request you to take the most effectual " ' measures to carry the enclosed Resolution into exe- " ' cution.

" ' We are, respectfully, Gentlemen, " ' Your very humble servts.,

" ' By order of the Committee of Safety. " ' To the Committee of the County of Westchester.' "