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On reading the said Petition and Affidavits,

Resolved, That it is the duty of this Committee to take proper means for bringing the said Captain Ford to justice.

And the Committee being informed that he is now under arrest at Peekskill for the crime specified in the said Petition and Affidavits,

Resolved, That a copy of the said Petition and Affidavits, and these Resolutions, be transmitted to his Excellency General Washington, with a Letter requesting that the said Ford be detained, to be tried for the said offences in a due course of law.

Resolved, That another Letter be written to Major-General Heath, requesting him to detain the said Ford in custody till an answer to the above application can be received from General Washington.

Resolved, That Mr˙ Duane, Mr˙ Moore, and Mr˙ R˙ R˙ Livingston, be a Committee to prepare drafts of said Letters.