Philadelphia Committee

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The Committee for the City and Liberties of Philadelphia will meet this afternoon, at six o' clock, at the Philosophical Society' s Hall.

In Committee, June 26, 1775.

A quantity of Salt, and a box of Wine-Glasses, having been imported in the Ship Albion, Thomas Crippen, master, from Liverpool, it was

Resolved, That the said Ship and Cargo ought to be returned forthwith; and that the Captain have notice thereof immediately.

Ordered, That the District Committee see the above Resolution complied with.

On motion, Resolved, That Mr Joseph Whittall, one of the owners, of the Ship Albion, does not appear to have had any knowledge of, or concern in shipping the Salt, &c, in said vessel.

Resolved, That Mr Henry Cour, merchant, of Liverpool, in Great Britain, half owner of the Ship Albion, has knowingly violated the Association of the American Congress, by shipping the said Salt to America; and that it is the duty of this Committee to advertise him accordingly.

Resolved, That Nicholas Ashton, Esq, of, or near Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, in Great Britain, owner of the above-mentioned Salt, has wilfully violated the Association of the American Congress, by shipping the said Salt to America; and that it is the duty of this Committee to advertise his conduct herein.

Resolved unanimously, That agreeable to the Resolutions of the Grand American Congress, it is the duty of us, and of all our constituents, the inhabitants of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, from henceforth not to have any commercial intercourse whatever with the said Henry Cow and Nicholas Ashton; and it is recommended that an inviolable regard be paid to this Resolution.

Extract from the Minutes of the Committee of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia:

JONATHAN B˙ SMITH, Secretary.