his Dominions thereunto belonging, to whose royal person and Government we profess all due obedience and fidelity.

Resolved, That the right to impose taxes or duties, to be paid by the inhabitants of this Colony for any purpose whatsoever, is peculiar and essential to the General Assembly, in whom the Legislative authority is vested.

Resolved, That every attempt to impose taxes or duties by any other authority is an arbitrary exertion of power, and an infringement of the constitutional and just rights and liberties of the Colony, and that we will at all times, at the risk of our lives and fortunes, oppose any Act imposing such taxes or duties, unless we are legally represented; and that the Act of the British Parliament imposing a duty on tea to be paid by the inhabitants of the Colonies upon importation, is evidently designed to fix on the Americans those chains forged for them by a corrupt Ministry.

Resolved, That the late cruel and unjust Acts of Parliament, to be executed by force upon our sister Colony of the Massachusetts Bay and town of Boston, is a convincing proof of the unjust and corrupt influence obtained by the British Ministry in Parliament, and a fixed determination to deprive the Colonies of their constitutional and just rights and liberties.

Resolved, That the town of Boston is now suffering in the common cause of the American Colonies.

Resolved, That an Association between all the American Colonies not to import from Great Britain, or buy any goods or commodities whatsoever, except negroes, cloaths, salt, saltpetre, powder, lead, nails, and paper, ought to be entered into, and by no means dissolved, until the rights and liberties of the Colonies are restored to them, and the tyrannical Acts of Parliament against Boston are repealed.

Resolved, That it is our opinion that no friend to the rights and liberties of America ought to purchase any goods whatsoever, which shall be imported from Great Britain, after a General Association shall be agreed on, except such as are before excepted.

Resolved, That every kind of luxury, dissipation, and extravagance, ought to be banished from amongst us.

Resolved, That the raising sheep, hemp, flax, and cotton, ought to be encouraged; likewise all kinds of manufactures, by subscriptions, or any other proper means.

Resolved, That the importing slaves and convict servants, is injurious to this Colony, as it obstructs the population of it with freemen and useful manufacturers, and that we will not buy any such slave or convict servant hereafter to be imported.

Resolved, That every county in this Colony ought to appoint Deputies to meet upon the first day of August, in the City of Williamsburg, then and there to consult upon the most proper means for carrying these or any other resolutions which shall be judged more expedient for obtaining peace and tranquillity in America into execution.

Resolved, That Henry Pendleton, and Henry Field, Junior, Esquires, be appointed upon the part of the freeholders and inhabitants of this county, to meet and consult with such Deputies as shall be appointed by the other counties.

Resolved, That the Clerk transmit these Resolves to the press, and request the Printer to publish them without delay. By order of the Meeting,

JOHN JAMESON, Clerk.

By his Excellency the Right Honourable JOHN Earl of DUNMORE, his Majesty's Lieutenant and Governour-General of the Colony and Dominion of VIRGINIA, and Vice Admiral of the same:

A PROCLAMATION.—VIRGINIA, to wit:

Whereas the General Assembly is summoned to meet on Thursday, the 11th of next month, but I find no urgent occasion for their meeting at that time, I have therefore thought fit, by this Proclamation, in his Majesty's name, farther to prorogue the said Assembly to the first Thursday in November next.

Given under my hand, and the seal of the Colony, at Williamsburg, this 8th day of July, in the fourteenth year of his Majesty's reign.

DUNMORE,

GOD save the King.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER RECEIVED IN BOSTON, FROM GOVERNOUR HUTCHINSON, DATED LONDON, JULY 8, 1774

Let the tea be paid for, by, or in behalf of the town, as soon as may be; and I hope you will do as much to promote this as possible. I find myself every where to have more weight than I could expect, and the prospect of your speedy relief to be fairer every day: if finally obtained, I shall think it one of the most happy circumstances of my life.

HUNTERDON COUNTY (NEW JERSEY) RESOLUTIONS.

The Freeholders and Inhabitants of Hunterdon County, in the Province of New-Jersey, convened by advertisement, at the house of John Ringo, in Amwell, in said County, on Friday, the 8th July, 1774, SAMUEL TUCKER, Esq., in the Chair, came into the following Resolutions, without a dissenting voice, viz:

1. We do most expressly declare, recognise and acknowledge his Majesty King George the Third, to be the lawful and rightful King of Great Britain, and of all other his Dominions, and that it is the indispensable duty of this Colony, under the enjoyment of our constitutional privileges and immunities, as being a part of his Majesty's Dominions, always to bear faithful and true allegiance to his Majesty, and him to defend to the utmost of our power, against all attempts upon his person, crown, and dignity.

2. That it is the undoubted hereditary right of an English subject to give and grant what is absolutely his own, either by himself or his Representative; and that the only lawful Representatives of the freemen of this Colony are the persons they elect to serve as members of the General Assembly thereof.

3. That any Act of Parliament for the apprehending and carrying persons into another Colony, or to Great Britain, to be tried for any crime, alleged to be committed within this Colony, or subjecting them to be tried by Commissioners, or any Court constituted by Act of Parliament or otherwise, within this Colony, in a summary way, without a jury of the vicinage, is unconstitutional, and subversive of the rights and liberties of the free subjects of this Colony.

4. That it is our indispensable duty, which we owe to our King, our country, ourselves, and our posterity, by all lawful ways and means in our power, to maintain, defend and preserve our loyalty, rights and liberties, and to transmit them inviolate to the latest generations; and that it is our fixed, determined and unalterable resolution faithfully to discharge this our bounden duty.

5. That it is our unanimous opinion, that it would conduce to the restoration of the liberties of America should the Colonies enter into a joint agreement not to purchase or use any articles of British manufacture, nor any commodities imported from the Hast Indies, under such restrictions as may be agreed on by a general Congress of Delegates from all the Colonies, hereafter to be appointed.

6. That as the town of Boston is now suffering in the common cause of American freedom, it is the opinion of this meeting, that subscriptions be hereafter opened in every town in this county, and the money subscribed to be applied towards the relief of the suffering poor in said town of Boston, until they may be relieved, by being restored to their just rights and privileges.

7. That this county will appoint a Committee to meet the Committees of the several counties of this Colony, at such time and place as may be agreed on, in order to elect and appoint Delegates to represent this Colony at the general Congress, whose resolutions and determinations we will most strictly adhere to, and abide by. And we do hereby unanimously request the following gentlemen to accept of that trust, and do accordingly appoint them our Committee for the purpose aforesaid, viz: Samuel Tucker, John Mehelm, John Hart, Isaac Smith, Charles Coxe, Joachim Griggs, Benjamin Brearly, Abraham Hunt, and John Emley.

As we apprehend New-Brunswick is not so convenient to the members of the lower counties, and that all the counties will hardly have sufficient time to appoint their Committees, by the 21st of July, with submission, we would propose Princeton, as most central, to be the place,