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Upon Motion of Mr John Greene Merchant, Ordered that he have Leave to ship to Philadelphia in the Sloop Fanny Nichols Hyman Master, a Quantity of Naval Stores, Deer Skins, Furr, Hemp and Indico, and any other Produce of this Country.
Whereas the General Congress at Philadelphia on the first Day of November 1775, Resolved that no Produce of the United Colonies be exported (except from Colony to...
Date: 16 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3
Whereas we have received Information by a Letter from the Chairman of the Committee of the Town of New Bern that in Consequence of Intelligence they had received from the Committee of Safety for the District of Edenton, the Property of Mr [Thomas] McKnight wherever to be found was to be seized; and Whereas the Committee of the Town aforesaid, made Seizure of a Ship the Property of the said...
Date: 18 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3
The Members present taking under Consideration the defenceless State of the Town and Neighbourhood of New Bern, and having received Intelligence from Cape Fear that a Vessel has been lately fitted out by the Ships of War on that Station, drawing but Eight and a half feet Water, and being under some Apprehensions that such armed Vessel may be destined to attack the Town, therefore thought it...
Date: 15 February 1776
Volume: Volume 3