the proceedings of the freemen of the counties aforesaid, unanimously entered into the following Resolution, to wit:

We the Representatives aforesaid, by virtue of the power delegated to us as aforesaid, taking into our most serious consideration the several Acts of the British Parliament for restraining manufactures in his Majesty's Plantations and Colonies in North America; for taking away the property of the Colonists without their participation or consent; for the introduction of the arbitrary powers of the excise into the Customs here; for the making all revenue causes triable without Jury, and under the decision of a single dependent Judge; for the trial in England of persons accused of capital crimes committed in the Colonies; for shutting up the port of Boston; for new modelling the Government of Massachusetts Bay; and the operation of the same on the property, liberty, and lives of the Colonists; and also considering that the most eligible mode of determining upon the premises, and of endeavouring to procure relief and redress of our grievances, would have been by us assembled in a legislative capacity; but as the House had adjourned to the 30th day of September next, and it is not to be expected his Honour the Governour would call us by writs of summons on this occasion, having refused to do the like in his other Province of Pennsylvania, the next and most proper method of answering the expectations and desires of our constituents, and of contributing our aid to the general cause of America, is to appoint Commissioners or Deputies on behalf of the people of this Government, to meet and act with those appointed by the other Provinces in general Congress. And we do therefore unanimously nominate and appoint Cœsar Rodney, Thomas M'Kean, and George Read, Esquires, or any two of them, Deputies on the part and behalf of this Government in a general Continental Congress proposed to be held at the City of Philadelphia on the first Monday in September next, or at any other time and place that may be generally agreed on; then and there to consult and advise with the Deputies from the other Colonies, and to determine upon all such prudent and lawful measures as may be judged most expedient for the Colonies immediately and unitedly to adopt, in order to obtain relief for an oppressed people, and the redress of our general grievances.

Signed by order of the Convention,

CÆSAR RODNEY, Chairman

At the Meeting of the Convention of the Representatives of the Freemen of the Government of the Counties of New-Castle, Kent, and Sussex, upon Delaware, on the 2d day of August, 1774, A. M., it was unanimously resolved to instruct the Deputies then appointed in behalf of the people of the said Government to attend the general Congress that they do endeavour to prevail with the Deputies of the other Colonies and Provinces at the general Congress, to adopt the following or similar Resolutions:

1. In the first place, that we most solemnly and sincerely promise and declare that we do and will bear faith and true allegiance to his most sacred Majesty King George the Third, our most gracious Sovereign and rightful liege Lord; that we will, upon true revolution principles, and to the utmost of our power, support and defend the Protestant succession as established in the illustrious House of Hanover; and it is our most earnest desire that the connection which subsists between Great Britain and her Colonies, whereby they are made one people, may continue to the latest period of time.

2. That the subjects of his Majesty in the British American Colonies have had and of right ought to have and enjoy all the liberties, privileges, and immunities of free and natural born subjects within any of his Majesty's Dominions, as full and amply as if they and every one of them were born within the Realm of England; that they have a property in their own estates, and are to be taxed by their own consent only, given in person or by their Representatives, and are not to be disseized of their liberties and free customs, sentenced or condemned, but by lawful judgment of their peers.

3. That the only lawful Representatives of the freemen in the several Colonies are persons they elect to serve as Members of the General Assembly thereof; and that it is the just right and privilege of the said freemen to be governed by laws made by their General Assembly in the article of taxation and internal police.

4. That all trials for treason, misprision of treason, or for any felony or crime whatsoever, committed and done in the said Colonies, ought of right to be had and conducted in his Majesty's Courts held within the same, according to the fixed and known course of proceeding; and that the seizing any person or persons suspected of any crime whatsoever, committed in them, and sending such person or persons to places beyond the seas to be tried, is highly derogatory of the rights of British subjects, as thereby the inestimable privilege of being tried by a Jury from the vicinage, as well as the liberty of summoning and producing witnesses on such trials, will be taken away from the party accused.

5. That all Acts and Proceedings of the British Parliament for prohibiting and restraining American manufactures; imposing taxes on the British Colonies; extending the powers of Custom-House Officers and Admiralty Courts here, beyond their ancient limits; and seizing and sending persons suspected of committing treason or misprision of treason in these Colonies to England for trial, are unwarrantable assumptions of power; unconstitutional, and destructive of British liberty.

6. That the successive Acts of Parliament made in the last session, for inflicting pains and penalties on the town of Boston, by shutting up their port and blocking up their harbour; for altering the administration of justice in certain criminal cases within the Province of Massachusetts Bay; and for new modelling the Constitution of that Province, established by Royal Charter, are in the highest degree arbitrary in their principles, unparalleled in their rigour, oppressive in their operation, and subversive of every idea of justice and freedom.

7. That it is the indispensable duty of all the Colonies, not only to alleviate the unexampled distresses of our brethren of Massachusetts Bay, who are suffering in the common cause of America, but to assist them by all lawful means in removing their grievances, and for re-establishing their constitutional rights, as well as those of all America, on a solid and permanent foundation.

8. That it is our fixed, determined, and unalterable resolution, by all lawful ways and means in our power, to maintain, defend, and preserve our before mentioned rights and liberties, and that we will transmit them entire and inviolate to our; posterity; and further, that we will adopt and faithfully carry into execution all and singular such peaceable and constitutional measures as have been agreed on by this Congress.

9. That we are unfeignedly thankful to those truly noble, honourable, and patriotick advocates in Great Britain, who have so generously and powerfully, though unsuccessfully, espoused and defended the cause of America, both in and out of Parliament; that we still feel the warmest affection for our brethren in the parent state; and that it is our opinion, as it is our hope, that the cool and dispassionate among our fellow-subjects in Great Britain will applaud our measures, and co-operate with us in every manly struggle for the preservation of those our rights, with which their own are so intimately connected.

And further, we do earnestly recommend it to our said Deputies to use their utmost endeavours to prevail with the Deputies from the other Colonies to frame decent and becoming petitions to his most gracious Majesty, and to both Houses of Parliament, for the redress of all our grievances, and to agree to a non-importation of goods from, and non-exportation to, Great Britain, until relief shall be obtained.

Notwithstanding any thing herein before mentioned, it is not our meaning that by these Instructions our said Deputies should be restrained from agreeing to any measures that shall be approved by the Congress.

Signed by the unanimous order of the Convention,

CÆSAR RODNEY, Chairman.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER RECEIVED AT NEW-YORK, FROM LONDON, DATED AUGUST 1, 1774.

Since my last I have procured the Act of Parliament mentioned there, which enacts, that "after July 1, 1774, "persons shipping tools or utensils used in the cotton, wool,