[Richmond] In Convention July 24. 1775
Resolved, That no Flour, wheat or other Grain, or provisions of any kind be exported from this Colony to any part of the World from and after the fifth day of August next, until the Convention or Assembly, or the honourable the Continental Congress shall order otherwise; That no quantities of the said Articles, more than are necessary for the use of the Inhabitants be brought to, collected or stored in the Towns or other places, upon or near the navigable waters; that the respective County Committees be directed to take care that this Resolve be effectually carried into Execution; and that all contracts made for the sale & delivery of any such articles for Exportation between this time and the tenth day of September next be considered as null and void.
Payton Randolph Presidt
1. William H. Browne, ed., Archives of Maryland (Baltimore, 1892), XI, 41. Hereafter cited as Browne, ed., Arch. of Md. See Randolph to Maryland Convention, July 27, 1775.