| Description | Associations first in part entered into by the colony and adopted by the Continental Congress are now enforcing throughout the country with great vigour, a committee is chosen in every county to carry the association of the congress into execution, they inspect the trade and correspondence of any merchant, watch the conduct of any inhabitant, may send for, catechize, and stigmatize him if he does not appear to follow the laws of their Congress, every city besides is arming an independent company to protect their committees and to be employed against Government should occasion require
For full description see HMC 14th report available in SRO Reading Room |