3 The Prowncial Congress to the Committee of Queens-county, " In Provincial Congress, New- York, A.M., June 11, 1776 ; " Journal of the Provincial Congress, " Thursday morning, June 27, 1776 ; " the same, "Die Mercurii, 9 ho., A.M., June 5, 1776."

4 Journal of the Provincial Congress, "Saturday, P.M., June 1, 1776 ; " the same, "Die Martis, 9 ho., A.M., June 4, 1776 ;" the same, " Die Mer- " curii, 9 ho., A. M., June 5, 1776 ; " the same, " Die Jovis, 9 ho., A M., " June 6, 1776 ; " the same, " Die Lunas, 9 ho., A.M., June 10, 1776."

6 In the Appeal of Thomas Harriot from the decision of the General Committee of the City and County of New York, the latter of whom was, also, very evidently the Complainant in the original Case, on the sixth of June, tho Provincial Congress, without any application from either party, voluntarily offered to give its aid to the Respondent, " for the attendance of " their witnesses," leaving the Appellant without any such favor. As might have been foreseen, in such an instance of pre-entertained partiality in the Appellate body, the decision which the General Committee had made in its own Case, was sustained by the Provincial Congress ; and the Appeal therefrom, of Thomas Harriot, was promptly dismissed.

efforts to "work off" some portions of their stocks of the article ; but, of course, in such instances as Isaac Sears and John Alsop, the offenders sustained no evil consequences from the exposure of their commercial peccadillos. 6