Lemuel Hedge Disarmed

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Warwick, Massachusetts Bay, August 14, 1776.

The Committee of Correspondence, Inspection, and Safety, of the town of Warwick, having had many complaints of the inimical temper and disposition of Mr˙ Lemuel Hedge, of said Warwick, towards the grand struggle for the liberties of the American States, and the said Mr˙ Lemuel Hedge showed contempt in refusing to appear, it is therefore,

Resolved, That Mr˙ Lemuel Hedge, in speaking contemptuously of the honourable Continental Congress, and also setting forth how the Province of the Massachusetts Bay had trampled on the King' s laws and his officers, and also many other unfriendly speeches; it is therefore the opinion of this Committee, that the said Mr˙ Lemuel Hedge is inimical to these American States, and that he ought to be dealt with accordingly. It is therefore,

Resolved, That the said Mr˙ Lemuel Hedge be disarmed, and confined to the limits of his farm, unless by a permit from the Committee of said Town.

Voted, That the foregoing proceedings with regard to Mr˙ Lemuel Hedge, be inserted in the Hartford paper.

By order of said Committee:
JOSIAH POMEROY, Chairman.