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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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New York reports on Maryland Committees of Inspection enforcing the Non-Importation Agreement by examining imported goods from London merchants and identifying articles to be returned to England, including from Pig Point District in Arundel County.
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The last Maryland Paper contains an Account of the Proceedings of another of their Committees of Inspection in the District under their Care, by which it appears, that they, as well as all the other Committees of Inspection in that Province are extremely careful & exact in examining the Invoices of all the Goods that arrive; & that every Article, however small, imported contrary to the Non-Importation Agreement, is immediately stored and sent home for England by the next Opportunity. The Committee for Pig Point District in Arundel County, Report the Examination of 10 Cargoes of Goods lately imported. viz. 3 from Mr. John Buchanan, Merchant in London. two from Perkins, Buchanan and Brown. 1 from Mr. William Mol- lison. 1 from Mr. Thomas Philpot. and 1 from Mr. James Russel. in all of which were Articles not allowed by the Agreement, which are to be sent back: another Cargo from the Said Russel and 1 from Messrs. West and Hodgson, had not an Article contrary to Agreement.
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Pig Point District, Arundel County, Maryland
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articles not allowed by the agreement in 10 cargoes are to be sent back to england; one cargo from russel and one from west and hodgson had no contrary articles.
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The last Maryland Paper accounts proceedings of Committees of Inspection examining invoices of arriving goods to enforce the Non-Importation Agreement. The Committee for Pig Point District in Arundel County examined 10 cargoes: 3 from John Buchanan, 2 from Perkins, Buchanan and Brown, 1 from William Mollison, 1 from Thomas Philpot, and 2 from James Russel, finding prohibited articles in most to be returned; one from Russel and one from West and Hodgson compliant.