Sheep Swine and Poultry

v4:412

Several citizens at the door, to give Information of sundry matters to the Congress, were admitted. They informed the Congress that they had discovered a parcel of Sheep, Swine, and Poultry, at Myford' s Tavern, at one of the Ferries, which they have reason to believe is intended for His Majesty' s ship Asia, or for being shipped and exported contrary to the Resolutions of the Continental and of this Provincial Congress; and that they had apprehended there, three very suspicious persons, with many memorandums about them relating to their being on board the ship Asia. Thereupon, a warrant was made to Major Malcom, in the words following, to wit:

Whereas, information has been given to this Congress that a number of Sheep, Hogs, and Poultry, are in the house, barn, and enclosures of John Myford, Innkeeper, at one of the Ferries in Brooklyn, and intended to be shipped and exported contrary to the Resolutions of the Continental and of this Congress:

Ordered, That Major Malcom, with such guard as he may think necessary, proceed to the said John Myford' s, and take and secure the said Stock in such manner as he may think most safe, and that he apprehend the said John Myford and keep him in safe custody, and report his proceedings in the premises to Congress to-morrow morning.