His Excellency communicated to the Board a Letter to him from Mr Justice Munroe of the 34 Instant, with a Letter from Ebenezer Cole to Mt Munroe of the 24 Instant, whereby it appears that the Rioters had brought to Bennington two pieces of Cannon and a Morter piece from the small Fort at East Hoseck with powder and Ball, and were making great preparations for their Defence, giving out that a Body of Regulars were on their March against them. And that Remember Baker and his party, went the day before to the House of Bliss Willoughby, and cut him in a barbarous manner. ;

His Excellency then communicated to the Board the Draft of a Letter he had wrote and intended to forward to some. of the Rioters in pursuance of the Resolution of this Board at their last meeting, which being read and approved of, was Ordered to be forwarded by Letter from the Deputy Clerk of the Council to the Sherif of Albany, with directions to him to deliver it with his own Hands to Mt Dewey or in Case of his Absence to any principal Inhabitant of Bennington.

GOV. TRYON TO THE INHABITANTS OF BENNINGTON,

{Slade's Vermont Papers.] New York, May 19th 1772, Gentlemen,

The many violent and illegal acts you have lately committed against the peace and good order of this Province, of which I have frequent proofs and informations, at the same time that they are not only a reproach to yourselves, but dangerous and injurious to your families and interests, cannot fail of being highly offensive to your Sovereign. You may depend, a perseverance in your disobedience to, and violations of, the Laws of your Country, must soon draw forth against you the exertions of the Powers of Government. However, being sincerely desirous on my part,