The House then proceeded to the Consideration of the said Letters and having fully weighed and examined the same

Resolved Nemine Contradicente, that the said Letters are Lybellous, Scandalous and Seditious, containing many indecent and Lisolent expressions, highly reflecting on the Honour, Justice and Authority of, and an high Insult & Indignity to, this House : and are designed and Calculated to inflame the minds of the good people of this Colony, against their Representatives in General Assembly.

Resolved Nemine Contradicente, that the Author or Authors of the said Letters, is, or are, guilty of a high misdemeanour and a most daring Insult on the Honour, Justice and Authority of this House, and therefore

Resolved Nemine Contradicente, That an humble address be presented to his Excellency the Governour, Requesting he will be pleased to Issue a proclamation, offering a Reward of Fifty pounds to any person or persons who shall discover the Author or Authors of the above Recited Letters or either of them so that they may be convicted and brought to condign Punishment

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Resolvrd Nemine Contradicente that this House will provide Ways and Means for paying the. said Sum of Fifty Pounds in case the Author or Authors of the said Letters should be discovered and Convicted as aforesaid."

Ordered that Col^ Seaman and Mv Pliilip Livingston wait on his Excellency the Governour witli the foregoing Address and Resolutions of this House

By order of tlie General Assembly Abrji Lott Clk