Representations from the Committees of Accomack and Warwick

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Monday, December 11, 1775.

A Letter from Colonel Woodford, of the Second Regiment, was laid before the Convention and read.

Ordered, That the said Letter do lie on the table.

A representation from the Committee for the County of Accomack was laid before the Convention and read, and ordered to be referred to the Committee on the state of the Colony.

Ordered, That Mr˙ Mercer, Mr˙ Bland, Mr˙ Henry Lee, Mr˙ Newton, Mr˙ Aylett, Mr˙ Holt, and Mr˙ Brooke, be a Committee to inquire into the conduct of John Goodrich, William Goodrich, and John Goodrich, Jr˙, relating to the importation of Gunpowder and other articles, for the use of this Colony.

A Petition and Representation from the Committee for the County of Warwick, was laid before the Convention and read.

Ordered, That the said Petition and Representation be referred to the Committee on the state of the Colony.

The Convention then, according to the Order of the Day, resolved itself into a Committee on the state of the Colony; and after some time spent therein, Mr˙ President resumed the chair, and Mr˙ Carey reported, that the Committee had, according to order, had under their consideration the state of the Colony, and had made a further progress therein, but not having time to go through the same, had directed him to move for leave to sit again.

Resolved, That this Convention will to-morrow resolve itself into the said Committee, to take into their further consideration the state of the Colony.

The President laid before the Convention a Journal of the Proceedings of the General Congress held at the City of Philadelphia, the tenth day of May last.

Ordered, That the same do lie on the table, for the perusal of the members.

Adjourned till to-morrow, half after ten o' clock.