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Monday, December 18, 1775.
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in an Ordinance for continuing and amending an Ordinance appointing a Committee of Safety; and that Mr˙ Richard Lee and Mr˙ Henry Lee do prepare and bring in the same.
A Petition of John Chew, John Hews, and Ambrose Rains, was presented to the Convention, and read; setting forth, that they had served under Captain John Herndon as volunteers to Williamsburgh in August last, and were, on their return home, taken ill and obliged to employ a Doctor, at an expense too heavy for them to bear; that as this expense was incurred whilst they were employed in the service of their country, they hope this Convention will order the same to be repaid them.
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to Mr˙ Norvell, Mr˙ Travis, Mr˙ King, and Mr˙ Langhorne; and that they report the same, together with their opinion thereupon, to the Convention.
A Letter from the Committee of the County of Fairfax, containing instructions to their Delegates in Convention, was presented, and read.
Ordered, That the said Instructions be referred to the Committee on the state of the Colony.
Resolved, That the Treasurer of this Colony be empowered to employ such persons as he shall think proper to fill up and sign the Treasury Notes emitted pursuant to an Ordinance of the last Session of the Convention.
Ordered, That Colonel Woodford' s Letter of the 4th instant, together with the enclosures, be referred to the Committee on the state of the Colony.
A Letter from the Committee for the County of Isle-of-Wight,
Ordered, That the said Letter and Resolution be referred to Mr˙ Richard Randolph, Mr˙ Harrison, Mr˙ Bassett, Mr˙ Terry, Mr˙ Brooke, Mr˙ Berkeley, and Mr˙ Rootes;and they are to report the same, together with their opinion thereupon, to the Convention.
Committee of Nansemond County directed to prevent the sailing of a Vessel to Great Brittain with Naval Stores
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enclosing a Resolution of the said Committee, was presented to the Convention, and read; setting forth, that Caesar, a negro man slave, belonging to Walter Gwynn, of the County of Gloucester, and pilot to a tender, was placed by the Captain of the said tender on board the Molly, Captain Conyard, with orders to carry her to Norfolk, but that Captain Conyard, had prevailed with him, by offering him a reward, to run the said vessel into Pagan Creek, in the said County of Isle-of-Wight, where she now lies; that they had sent the said negro Caesar to the Committee of Safety, to be dealt with, as they shall think proper.