The committee to whom the memorial of Matthias Aspden was referred, brought in their report: which being taken into consideration,

Resolved, That Mr. Aspden, be permitted to export in the sloop Tryal, consigned to him from Port-au-Prince, the produce or manufactures of these colonies, (homed cattle, sheep, hogs, and poultry, and lumber for making casks, excepted) to Port-au-Prince, to the amount of 1800 pounds Pensylvania currency:

That the above permission be not drawn into precedent, and that Mr. Aspden take every possible precaution to avoid all British men of war, and cutters on the voyage. ²

The committee to whom the memorial of H.Keppele and John Steinmetz was referred, brought in their report: Whereupon,

Resolved, That the memorialists have no just claim to satisfaction or reparation for the loss of their ship and cargo, seized by one of the king's ships of war, and detained by Admiral Graves and General Howe, either out of the continental treasury, or out of the value of the cloathing sent hither to supply the British troops at Boston, and intercepted and disposed of to the use of the American army. ³