The Congress being informed, that a major [Philip] Skeene, with some other officers,² were arrived last evening in a vessel from London, and were, with their papers, now in the custody of the troops of this city and that the said Major Skeene has been lately appointed Governor of the forts at Ticonderoga and Crown Point; that one of the officers a lieutenant has commission in the regular troops, now in the province of Quebec; and moreover, that the sd Skeene from his appointment had declared he had authority to raise a Regiment in America; from all this, apprehending that the said Skeene is a dangerous partizan of Administration, and that his papers may contain intelligence of Ministerial designs against America,very important to be known,

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to examine in the presence of the sd Skeene and lieutenant, all the papers in their possession.

That this committee consist of Mr. J[ohn] Adams, Mr. [Silas] Deane, and [Thomas] Mifflin:

That the sd committee be upon honor to conceal whatever of a private nature may come to their knowledge by such examination; and that they communicate, to this Congress, whatever may relate to the present dispute, between Great Britain and America.