[New York, Die Mercurii] 4ho.P.M. March 1st, 1776.
Elias Nixen, the port master, at the door, was admitted, he informed the Congress that the officer of the port guard had seized and taken servants of Govr. Tryon who came to shore in a boat with a quantity of linen to be washed; That he had informed the officer of the guard that it was not contrary to the directions of this Congress for persons to come on shore from Goyr. Tryon's ship; that the officer persisting that it was agreeable to his orders from the general, he prevailed on him to send up to the general; The officer said the general ordered that they should not be discharged; that the said two servants were sent to the guard house, and in custody.
The port master farther informs that his office is, become useless; that the guards have fired at several boats this day; that the general told him last night that no provisions should go to the Governor until the occasion of his having stopped a large quantity of flour was cleared up; 2 that he has seen the Governor's two servants put into the guard house.
1. New York Provincial Congress, I, 331, 332.
2. Ibid., February 26, 1776.