This Morning Mr. Tryon came over and informed Mr. [John] Plenderleath that last Night the King's Stores in the Garrett of the lower Barracks were carried away by armed Men in 12 Carts, & that he wished him to inform me of it ー adding that he had demanded Restitution of the Magistrates & written to Capt Vanderput that he expected to be seized, in which case he wished him to execute his orders, & he expected a firing upon the Town. I went to the City Hall & called my Brother [Thomas Smith] out of the [Provincial] Congress. He said they were informed of the Transaction ー That it was the Feat of a drunken Guard in the Barracks Commanded by Colo [John] Lasher as Capt. of the Grenadiers. That the Congress thought themselves ill used, & would order immediate Restitution. They did so and Restitution was made before 2 A.M. . . The Congress were unanimous on this Occasion & were some of them for breaking the Officers concerned in the work. . . . The Soldiers concerned in this Business had a Review on the Afternoon preceding it, & as a Proof of their being treated with Liquor, they mounted Guard in the lower Apartments of the very House in which the goods were and sent them to [Peter] Curtenius's the Provincial Commissary where they were less secure.