Stamford (Connecticut) Committee

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Stamford, June 6, 1775.

At a meeting of the Committee of Observation for the Town of Stamford, held in said Stamford on Tuesday, the 6th day of June, 1775, personally appeared Silvanus Whitney, of said Stamford, before said Committee, and made the following confession : Whereupon, the Committee passed sentence against him, agreeable to the direction of the Continental Congress. His punishment being greater than he was able to bear, he requested the liberty to advertise himself, and offering to deliver up the unfortunate Tea to be burnt, the Committee were of opinion that it would satisfy the publick, who are requested to accept of the following concession as a satisfaction for his crime.

By order of the Committee:

JOHN HAIT, JUN˙, Clerk.