Report referred to this day, and after some debate, upon motion,

Resolved, That the Congress do confine themselves, at present, to the consideration of such rights only as have been infringed by Acts of the British Parliament since the year 1763, postponing the further consideration of the general state of American rights to a future day.

Hereupon, the Committee appointed to state the rights, &c., brought in a Report of the infringements and violations of American rights, which being read—upon motion,

Resolved, That the consideration of this Report be referred till Monday, and that the Congress in the mean while deliberate on the means most proper to be pursued for a restoration of our rights.

After some debate on that subject, the Congress adjourned.

Monday, September 26, 1774, A. M.

The Congress met according to adjournment.

John Herring, Esquire, a Deputy from Orange County, in the Colony of New-York, appeared this morning and took his seat as a Delegate for that Colony.

The Congress resumed the consideration of the means, &c., and after several hours spent thereon, it was referred till to-morrow, to which time the Congress was adjourned.

Tuesday, September 27, 1774, A. M.

The Congress met according to adjournment, and resuming the consideration of the means most proper to be used for a restoration of American rights,

Resolved unanimously, That from and after the 1st day of December next, there be no importation into British America from Great Britain or Ireland, of any Goods, Wares, or Merchandises whatsoever, or from any other place, of any such Goods, Wares, or Merchandises, as shall have been exported from Great Britain or Ireland, and that no such Goods, Wares, or Merchandises imported after the said 1st day of December next, be used or purchased.

Adjourned till to-morrow.

[Mr. Galloway submitted the following motion and Plan, on Wednesday, the 28th of September:

Resolved, That this Congress will apply to his Majesty for a redress of grievances, under which his faithful subjects in America labour, and assure him, that the Colonies hold in abhorrence the idea of being considered independent communities on the British Government, and most ardently desire the establishment of a political union, not only among themselves, but with the mother state, upon those principles of safety and freedom which are essential in the constitution of all free Governments, and particularly that of the British Legislature, And as the Colonies from their local circumstances cannot be represented in the Parliament of Great Britain, they will humbly propose to his Majesty, and his two Houses of Parliament, the following Plan, under which the strength of the whole Empire may be drawn together on any emergency; the interests of both countries advanced; and the rights and liberties of America secured:

A Plan for a proposed Union between Great Britain and the Colonies of New-Hampshire, the Massachusetts Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, the three lower Counties on the Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

That a British and American Legislature, for regulating the administration of the general affairs of America, be proposed and established in America, including all the said Colonies; within, and under which Government, each Colony shall retain its present Constitution and powers of regulating and governing its own internal police in all cases whatever.

That the said Government be administered by a President General to be appointed by the King, and a Grand Council to be chosen by the Representatives of the people of the several Colonies in their respective Assemblies, once in every three years.

That the several Assemblies shall choose Members for the Grand Council in the following proportions, viz:

Who shall meet at the City of * * * * * * * * for the first time, being call by the President General, as soon as conveniently may be after his appointment.

That there shall be a new election of Members for the Grand Council every three years; and on the death, removal, or resignation of any Member, his place shall be supplied by a new choice at the next sitting of Assembly of the Colony he represented.

That the Grand Council shall meet once in every year if they shall think it necessary, and oftener, if occasions shall require, at such time and place as they shall adjourn to at the last preceding meeting, or as they shall be called to meet at, by the President General on any emergency.

That the Grand Council shall have power to choose their Speaker, and shall hold and exercise all the like rights, liberties, and privileges as are held and exercised by and in the House of Commons of Great Britain.

That the President General shall hold his office during the pleasure of the King, and his assent shall be requisite to all Acts of the Grand Council, and it shall be his office and duty to cause them to be carried into execution.

That the President General, by and with the advice and consent of the Grand Council, hold and exercise all the Legislative rights, powers, and authorities, necessary for regulating and administering all the general police and affairs of the Colonies, in which Great Britain and the Colonies, or any of them, the Colonies in general, or more than one Colony, are in any manner concerned, as well civil and criminal as commercial.

That the said President General and Grand Council be an inferiour and distinct branch of the British Legislature, united and incorporated with it for the aforesaid general purposes; and that any of the said general regulations may originate, and be formed and digested, either in the Parliament of Great Britain or in the said Grand Council; and being prepared, transmitted to the other for their approbation or dissent; and that the assent of both shall be requisite to the validity of all such general Acts and Statutes.

That in time of war, all Bills for granting aids to the Crown, prepared by the Grand Council, and approved by the President General, shall be valid and passed into a law without the assent of the British Parliament.]

Wednesday and Thursday being taken up in the consideration and debates on the means, &c., the Congress met on Friday, 30th September—and upon the question,

Resolved, That from and after the 10th day of September, 1775, the exportation of all Merchandise and every commodity whatsoever to Great Britain, Ireland, and the West Indies, ought to cease, unless the grievances of America are redressed before that time.

Agreed, That Mr. Gushing, Mr. Low, Mr. Mifflin, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Johnson, be a Committee to bring in a plan for carrying into effect the Non-Importation, Non-Consumption, and Non-Exportation resolved on.

Saturday, October 1, 1774.

Simon Boerum, Esquire, appeared in Congress as a Deputy from King's County in the Colony of New-York, and produced the credentials of his election, which being read and approved, he took his seat as a Delegate for that Colony.

The Congress, resuming the consideration of the means, &c.; upon motion,

Resolved, unanimously, That a loyal Address to his Majesty be prepared, dutifully requesting the Royal attention to the grievances that alarm and distress his Majesty's faithful subjects in North America, and entreating his Majesty's gracious interposition for the removal of such grievances; thereby to restore between Great Britain and the