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In Convention Friday May 31. 1776
Resolved [inserted above: unanimously] That the Committee of Safety be directed to write a Letter to the
President of the Convention of Maryland in answer to his Letter of the twenty fifth expressing
the deepest concern at the proceedings of that Convention respecting Governor Eden & our reasons for
not becoming accessory thereto, by giving him a passport through this Colony or the Bay adjoining:
That we would with reluctance in any case intermeddile in the affairs of a sister Colony, but in
this matter we are much Interested, and the Convention of Maryland by sending their proceedings to the
Committee of Safety here, have made it the Duty of this Convention to declare their Sentiments thereon.

That considering the Intercepted Letter from Lord George Germaine to Governor Eden
in which his whole conduct and confidential Letters are approved, and he is directed to give facility
& assistance to the operations of Lord Dunmore against Virginia, We are at a loss to account for the
[struck:Committee] Council of Safety of Maryland, their having neglected to seize him, according to the Recommendation
of the General Congress, and more so for the Conventions having promoted his Passage to assist in
our destruction, under a pretence of his returning to England; which we conceive from the above
Letter, he is not at Liberty to do. That supposing he should go to Britain, It appears to us
that such Voyage, with the address presented to him, will enable him to assume the
character of a Public agent, and by promoting division & disunion amongst the Colonies, produce
consequences, the most fatal to the American Cause.

That as the reasons assigned for his departure "That he must obey the ministerial
mandates while remaining in his Government" are very unsatisfactory when the Convention
declare "that in his absence the Government in its old form will devolve on the president
[inserted above: of the Council of State] who will be under equal Obligation to perform such mandates, we [struck: cant] cannot avoid imputing those
proceedings to some undue Influence of Governor Eden uner the masque of friendship
to America, and of the proprietary Interest in Maryland, whereby the [struck: worthy] members
of that Convention were [struck: deceived] betrayed into a vote of fatal tendency to the Common cause;
and we fear to this country in Particular, and feel it an Indispensable duty
to warn the good people of that province to guard against the Proprietary
Influence.
Resolved that the foregoing Resolution be forthwith
published in the Virginia Gazettee.