[Williamsburg] Monday, December 11, 1775.
Ordered, That Mr. [James] Mercer, Mr. [Richard] Bland, Mr. Henry Lee, Mr. [Thomas] Newton [Jr.], Mr. [William] Aylett, Mr. [James] Holt, and Mr. [George] Brooke, be a committee to inquire into the conduct of John Goodrich, William Goodrich, and John Goodrich, Jun. relating to the importation of gunpowder, and other articles, for the use of this colony.