vincial Congress, as the greater number of the Parishes in this Province are not represented therein; they therefore are not bound by the proceedings of the said Committees, although they may arrogate to themselves such a power.

Resolved, That as the Committees of the several Parishes in Congress now sitting, have not fully approved of and adopted the measures entered into and recommended by the late Continental Congress, this Committee cannot join them without violating the General Association, which they have already acceded to, and betraying the trust reposed in them by their constituents.

And then the Committee adjourned sine die.

The above Extracts taken from the original Minutes, by

JOSEPH WOOD, Secretary.

IN GENERAL COMMITTEE,

Charlostown, South Carolina, February 8, 1775,.

Inasmuch as the Colony of Georgia hath not acceded to the Continental Association entered into by the General Congress at Philadelphia, on the 20th of October last; therefore, and in conformity to the Resolutions of the said General Congress,

Resolved, That we will, from henceforth, have no Trade, Commerce, Dealings, or Intercourse, with the said Colony of Georgia; but will hold them as unworthy of the rights of freemen, and as inimical to the liberties of their country: provided that this Resolution shall not be construed to extend to the inhabitants of this Colony now having Plantations in Georgia, so as to prevent them from bringing their Crops into this Colony; or to such persons resident in this Colony as now have debts due to them in Georgia, so as to prevent them from receiving payment of such debts there, in money, or in the commodities of that Colony, they having such commodities shipped from thence to Europe.

Ordered, That copies of the above Resolution be transmitted to all the Northern Colonies.

February 16, 1775.

Resolved, That the persons residing in this Colony, who hold Plantations in Georgia, may, under the inspection of the Committee of Observation, send necessaries from hence for the use of those Plantations, without the same being deemed a violation of the Resolution of this Committee, of the 8th instant, respecting the Colony of Georgia.

February 24, 1775.

A Letter and sundry other Papers, from the Parish of St. John's, in Georgia, (as above) was read, and maturely considered. But the Committee being determined, in all cases, to adhere literally, as far as possible, to every Article of the Continental Association, could do no more in the present, than enter into the following Resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the Chairman be desired to write a proper Letter to the Committee of the Parish of St. John, in Georgia, assuring them of the high sense we have of their arduous straggles in favour of the common cause of America, and that we sincerely lament their present unhappy situation; but that, as the said Parish, being a part of the Colony of Georgia, in our opinion, falls under the fourteenth Article of the General Association, so we apprehend that it is not in our power to give them the relief they desire; and we can only recommend that they will persevere in their laudable exertions, and lay a state of their case before the ensuing Continental Congress, making no doubt that It will by them be properly considered.

Ordered, That the Secretary do furnish the Deputies from St. John's with copies of all the Proceedings of this Committee, relative to the Colony of Georgia.

HUNTERDON COUNTY (NEW-JERSEY) COMMITTEE.

At a Meeting of the several Township Committees, in the County of Hunterdon, and Province of New-Jersey, held at John Ringo's, the 18th day of January, 1775: Present, sixty members.

JOHN HART, Esquire, Chairman.

The Committee taking into consideration the Proceedings of the late Continental Congress, highly approve thereof, and the Association entered into do recommend and will abide by, and thank the Delegates for their firm and steady conduct,

The Committee then taking into their consideration the method of choosing Delegates for this Province, to attend at Philadelphia, the 10th day of May next, or sooner, if necessary, in Continental Congress, agreed to adopt the measure pursued by the several County Committees of this Province, the 21st day of July last, and do recommend that the several County Committees meet at Trenton, on Wednesday, the 29th day pf March next, unless some other time and place should be agreed on by a majority of the Counties in this Province, to choose Delegates for the purpose aforesaid, and we do hereby appoint Samuel Tucker, John Mehelm, John Hart, Daniel Hunt, Jasper Smith, Charles Coxe, Richard Stevens, Samuel Johnson, Esquires, Messrs. Thomas Jones, and Thomas Stout, a County Committee for the purpose Aforesaid, who, or any three of them, are also appointed a Committee of Correspondence, and a majority of the whole Committee to have power to call Committees of the several Townships together, at such times and places as they may judge necessary.

This Committee to continue till the Proceedings of the next Continental Congress be published, or a new Committee choserr.

SAMUEL CORWINE, Clerk.

DUTCHESS COUNTY (NEW-YORK) ASSOCIATION.

We, the subscribers, being desirous to convince mankind that we are firmly attached to our most happy Constitution, and are disposed to support and maintain peace and good order under his Majesty's Government, do therefore declare, that our Sovereign Lord King George the Third, is the only Sovereign to whom British America can, or ought to owe and bear true and faithful allegiance, and that there is no legal power or authority therein but what is only derived from them; that our Representatives, in General Assembly convened, are the only guardians of our Rights and Liberties; that without them no laws here can be made to bind us, and that they only are the channel through which our grievances can properly be represented for redress; and that, to support their right and authority, we do hereby associate and mutually covenant and engage to and with each other as follows, namely:

First. That we will upon all occasions stand by and assist each other in the defence of his life, liberty, and property, whenever the same shall be attacked or endangered by any bodies of men riotously assembled, upon any pretence, or under any authority whatsoever, not warranted by the laws of the land.

Second. That we will upon all occasions mutually support each other in the free exercise and enjoyment of our undoubted right to liberty in eating, drinking, buying, selling, communing, and acting what, with whom., and as we please, consistent with the laws of God, and the laws of the, land, notwithstanding the Association entered into by the Continental Congress to the contrary.

Lastly, That we will endeavour to promote, encourage, and, when called upon, enforce obedience to the rightful authority of our most gracious Sovereign King George the Third, and the laws which can, do, or may constitutionally extend to, or in the British Colonies in America.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands, this eighteenth day of January, in the fifteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c, and in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five.

Signed by a number of Inhabitants of DUTCHESS County.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM MONTREAL, DATED JANUARY 18, 1775.

The French translations of the Address to the inhabitants of this country, which were ordered by the Congress to be sent here, are not yet come to hand; but there has been a translation made at Quebec, and munuscript copies of it handed about among the French Bourgeois, (our Printer dares not publish any thing of that nature,) but they have been so little accustomed to speak or think on subjects of that kind, and are so much afraid of giving