Whereas we have received Information by a Letter from the Chairman of the Committee of the Town of New Bern that in Consequence of Intelligence they had received from the Committee of Safety for the District of Edenton, the Property of Mr [Thomas] McKnight wherever to be found was to be seized; and Whereas the Committee of the Town aforesaid, made Seizure of a Ship the Property of the said McKnight and others at the Barr, being laden and bound to Sea contrary to the Resolutions of the Continental Congress, and caused her to be brought to New Bern, and further that some of the Effects on Board said Ship had been destroyed, on Motion ー

Resolved that it be recommended to the Committee of said Town of New Bern, and we do hereby recommend it accordingly, that they dismantle the Ship Belville, Store the Materials, have her moored at a wharf, take the Ammunition on Board into the Magazine at New Bern, discharge Capt Vaunce and his Men, and Order the Commanding Officer of the Continental Troops stationed at New Bern to mount Guard on Board said Shp and see that she does not depart untill Permission is obtained from the Congress or Council of Safety; and that Capt Scadlock have Liberty to keep Possession of the Cabbin of said Ship, unt[il] further Proceedings had thereon by the Provincial Congress or Council of Safety. ー