State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations. In General Assembly, May second session, A.D. 1778 : Resolved, that it be recommended to the Hon. Major-General Sullivan, to take up all persons who are suspected or known to be unfriendly to this state, or to the United States in general, that he shall think proper, and proceed against them according to the known practice in such cases in the army under the immediate command of His Excellency General Washington.