Address of the Volunteer Company of Williamsburgh, Virginia

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At a meeting of the Volunteer Company of the City of Williamsburgh, on the tenth day of May, 1775, the following Address was unanimously agreed to, and ordered to be published.

JOHN BROWN, Clerk.

To the Gentlemen, Freeholders, and Volunteers who so generously offered their assistance to the City of WILLIAMSBURGH, on a late alarming occasion:

GENTLEMEN: A quick sensibility to insults offered our Country, and a determined resolution to risk every thing in support of its honour and interest, are ruling motives in the breast of every patriot. To these we ascribe your late movement towards the Metropolis, where certain incidents, sufficiently alarming at this juncture, had attracted the attention of all our worthy countrymen. We are happy in being able to convince you, that there is at present no necessity for their vigorous interposition; but the zealous alacrity with which you proffered your assistance, as it shows a sincere devotion to the publick good, must be highly pleasing to your fellow-countrymen, and demands our warmest thanks and acknowledgments.