[Newbern] March 2d 1776
Resolved, That no Pork, Beef, Flour, Bacon, Rice or Peas be exported from any part of this province after this day without first obtaining leave from the Provincial Congress, excepting for returns for Salt Arms or Ammunition actually imported into this Colony.
1. Secretary of State Papers (Provincial Conventions and Congresses/Councils 1774-1776), NCDAH.
