Wilmington 14th Dec 1774.
The Committee met at 6 o'clock P.M. Mr. Hereld Blackmore, informed that he had imported since the first instant in the Sloop Mary and the Brig ----, five negro slaves, and craved advice how to proceed, as he had given orders for the purchasing and shipping said slaves previous to the resolutions of the provincial Congress. The committee desired that Mr. Blackmore, would not sell, or send them out of town, but be accountable for them at the next meeting ー then adjourned to December the 17th, 1774
1. Saunders, comp., Records of North Carolina.
