To the Congress. The remonstrance of the subscribers, citizens of Philadelphia [electronic resource] : Sheweth, That we are now confined by a military guard ... in consequence of a resolve made by you ... "Recommending to the executive powers of the several states, to apprehend, and secure all persons, who have in their general conduct, and conversation, evidenced a disposition inimical to the cause of America," ..

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