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persuaded any Person to join him or take his
oath that it appears to them that the said Phripp
being deserted by the people in that part of the
Country in danger of being delivered up to and
having much of his property in the power of Lord
Dunmore was compelled by his situation to take
the oath prescribed by his Lordship and that it
further appeared to them that the said Phripps
visit to Norfolk proceeded from the pressing
invitation of his aged and infirm Father and
that they had come to the following Resolution
thereupon which he read in his place and afterwards
delivered in at the Clerks Table where the same was
again twice read and agreed to

Resolved that the said Matthew Phripp hath
uniformly shewn himself the firm and steady
friend of American liberty until his unfortunate
visit to Norfolk in consequence of the invitation
of his aged Parent at which time falling into the
power of Lord Dunmore he had only the alternative
of submitting or exposing his life and fortune to
his Lordships resentment that in his extremity he
yielded and took the oath but as the said Matthew
Phripp soon after manifested his willingness to support
the