At a Meeting of the Committee of Inspection and Correspondance of the Town of North Kingstown, at the Dwelling House of John Mowry, on Saterday the 9th day of March AD. 1776

	Present
John Northup Ebenr Shearman Charles Tillinghast Daniel [J]ones George Thomas	Thomas Bisell William Congdon Daniel Hall John Mowry Benjain Reynolds		of the Committee

Whereas this Committe Being Crediably Informed that Silvester Havens with A Boat belonging to Mr Lodowick Updike With Sundry passengers on Board, with Cyder and Other Provissions, and being Brought too, by some of the Ministerial Ships and Vessels (While on his Passuage bound to Newport) the Two last Trips he made to Newport, and Said boat Plundered, or at least A Quantaty of Cyder, Butter, Fowls, Eggs Potatoes &c Taken from Said Passengers, Allowing Said Passengers Some Satisfaction for the Same, Also T[ak]ing on Board Said Ships Some passengers and M[ak]ing Inquiry and Insisting upon Inteligence, Sd C [illegible] of What is done & acting &c in the Country Against them, and More Especially the Proceeding of the last Session of [Assem]bly, and at Will and Pleasure Releasing Said Boat [and] Passengers, And again on this Present day Said Havens [with] Sundry Passengers with said boat, Attempted to Carry s[undry] Provissions to Newport, but was, in Open View of this Com[mittee] in the Narraganset Bay, Brought Two, by Some of the Mi[ni]sterial Boats who have him Now in Custody, the Con[seq]uences of Which is Not yet Known to this Committe, all which Passing of Said Boat, in that Manner, proves Inj[uri]ous to the Common Cause of America, & No wa[ys] Beneficial to the Inhabitants of the Town of Newport or a[ny] Other of the Good People of this Colony ー

And this Committe Takeing the Conduct of the Said Sil[ves]ter Havens, Together With John Case, Nathaniel Case, and Samuel Waight, Three of his Passengers, Whome this Committe Susspects, of being Instrumental, of Supplying our Said Enemies with Provissions, Which together w[ith] their Sentiments, upon matters gives this Committe Reason to Suspect that the Above Named persons are unfriendly to the Common Cause of America, therefore

Resolved that the Said Silvester Havens, John Case, Nathanl Case and Samuel Waight, is here by Prohibitd and Ordered not To pass in any of the Fright boats ー Wood Boats, or Ferry boats from this Town by any of the Said ships and Vessels, to any Other part of this Colony untill leave first Obtained of this Committe, or in manner Set Fourth in the Act of Assembly for that Purpose, at the last Session of Assembly, and that the Above Persons have Notice hereof by Some of this Committee, and that the Clerk of this Committe Send a Cappy of these Resolves to his Honour the Governour, Desireing of his Oppinion, and Instruction of the Matter, Ordered that the Clerke of this Committee Write to the Committe of the Town of Newport Acquainting of them of What persons We have prohibited, as Aforesd desireing of them to Interceed & use all due means as may be thought Legal that the Commanders of the Ministerial Ships& Vessels may Not Obstruct Said boats in the manner as Above sd as the Consequence thereof may Attend to the Injury of the Inhabitants of the Town of Newport and the Other good People of this Colonyー